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Bibi's "tolerant" Grimace Says It All

This is a photograph of the two Dons together when Trump infamously said he never mentioned Israel while boasting to Russians about having a secret source of information in Syria.  

Benjamin’s face says it all.

This is the  grimace you wear on your face when your standing next to your drunken brother at a family wedding. The taught smile you show when you're waiting in line at the local bakery behind the village idiot. The thin, empty smile you work up when you’re trying to close out a multi-million dollar deal and your alcoholic CEO has to welcome your new partners to the office.

It’s a smile that says, “He’s not a serious person. Why get upset when a clown enters the room and knocks over the wine table? That’s what clowns do, right. There’s no reason for the children to get scared. We paid for the clown to turn up, and he’s going to leave when he runs out of jokes and pratfalls."

And when the clown  is finally ushered out of the room Benjamin is proved right.

Everyone gets on with the business at hand without giving the departed clown another thought. Are the children safe and happy? That's all that counts.

After all no one got angry when the clown insulted and pushed the grown ups around. No one had any false expectations of the clown wiping off his make up and talking like one of the grown ups for a few minutes. The clown waved his big feet around and people chuckled. The clown told a few jokes and the children giggled on cue. The children didn’t quite understand why they were being asked to entertain the clown, but they’re helluva bright and did everything you asked of them.

Well down Benjamin. That impeccable  “I will fear no evil though I walk through the valley of stupidity with this clownish fool,” smile of yours will surely get you everything you want.