Abbas Makes a Clown of Kerry; Trump Makes a Joker of Haley

As the old song goes, "Clowns to the left of me, jokers to the right".

In this case, former Democrat presidential candidate and Secretary of the State John Kerry is the clown while UN Ambassador Nikki Haley is the joker.

Kerry beclowned himself by telling Mahmoud Abbas through an intermediary to "hold on and be strong" and "not to yield to President Trump's demands"?  Aside from the fact that Abbas is in the second decade of his four year term, could you imagine what Kerry would have said had Dick Cheney told Bibi Netanyahu to stay strong and not yield to President Obama's demands? Kerry's support of Abbas is reminiscent of former President Carter's support for the late Yasser Arafat and is every bit as foolish.

As for Haley, she started out fine when she spoke to the UN Security Council yesterday comparing Abbas unfavorably to the late Egyptian President Anwar Sadat. But then she said this with a straight face:

A speech that indulges in outrageous and discredited conspiracy theories is not the speech of a person with the courage and the will to seek peace.

While Abbas certainly indulges in outrageous and discredited conspiracy theories he has nothing on President Trump in that department whether it be peddling Obama birther conspiracies, Ted Cruz's father being involved in the assassination of JFK, the thousands of Muslims cheering the 9/11 attacks in the streets of New Jersey or claiming he lost the popular vote because "millions" of illegal immigrants voted.

For Haley to chide Abbas for peddling conspiracy theories while her boss does the same not only undercuts the effectiveness of her speech, but renders her a joker. She too comes off as foolish.

President Trump and Abbas have that effect on people.