“It would show great weakness if Israel allowed Rep. Omar and Rep.Tlaib to visit.” President Donald Trump

There are times when President Trump says something and my first thought is that it is a misprint, the quote above is one of those times. Don’t get me wrong, I can understand Isreal wanting to keep Representatives Omar and Talib away from the West Bank. Their trip would have included the – I hate to use this word but can’t think of any other – mainstream press and given world-wide exposure to the deplorable conditions that Isreal imposes on the Palestinian people. I can even understand why Trump wouldn’t want them to go to Israel and the West Bank (although it does just seemed like unnecessary assholery by the President). But, I can’t understand why that is not a much weaker position than saying Yeah, come on over and look around because a) we are proud of what we are doing and/or b) if you don’t like it, tough shit because we can do whatever we like.