We often say that politics seems like a schoolyard, and we say it to indicate childish attitudes on the part of leaders, who precisely if they have to seem like anything to us, it should be "parents", not "children". We've said it lightly and we've said it more times than we should. But here it is, today I open the ARA and I come across the words that leader Trump dedicates to leader Netanyahu. And I tell myself yes, that the phrase to define him had never made so much sense. He told him this (we translate as best we can): "You are a fucking crazy person. If it weren't for me, you'd be in jail. I'm saving your ass. Everyone hates you. Everyone hates Israel for what you're doing".
He told him this (we translate as best we can): "You are a fucking crazy person. If it weren't for me, you'd be in jail. I'm saving your ass. Everyone hates you. Everyone hates Israel for what you're doing".
These words from Trump could not be more true. But, among all of them, this "Everyone hates you" stands out. Now that's a child's phrase, because it's mostly children who are worried about being hated. All of us, or almost all of us, want one of two variables: love or recognition. But we know, above all, that love cannot be forced and that recognition is not useful in itself, if it is not for a cause. Children are afraid of hate, and these kinds of phrases terrify them. Nobody loves you. Nobody will love you. If you keep this up, nobody will want you. Everyone hates you. Children, like dogs, want pats on the back, they want a reward.
Donald Trump tells him a phrase he is afraid of hearing. "Everyone hates you." He doesn't tell him "you are doing wrong" or "you are being bad." He tells him that they hate him and, by analogy, that they hate Israel. The reasons why they hate him are less important than this hate itself. Terrifying, of course, for a small child.
