THE THREE STOOGES
- Hank Goldstein
- Aug 24, 2025
- 2 min read
Trump
Putin
Netanyahu
If any three people could wreck the world, and are already at it, ‘dese are ‘dem!
Trump, because he is turning everything In the US on its head, including the Constitution, and claiming he deserves the Nobel Peace prize. As if!
Putin, because he is terrified of Europe, he is terrified of NATO on his western flank and he is keeping the un-winnable war he started ongoing, bombing, strafing, starving out Ukrainians.
Netanyahu, because his retributive assault on Gaza has killed more than 60,000 men, women and especially children — and counting. He will not, cannot achieve victory over Hamas, and has further imperiled the lives of the hostages.
He will soon take over Gaza City, try to deport a million Gazans to who-knows-where and will run out of soldiers because resistance to his unchecked militarism is increasing, even among his own generals. His feet are in wet cement. The cement will set, as cement does.
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Here at home, voters are deserting the Democratic Party, in droves — down by some four million, result of the blah, bloodless and boring leadership. We have an assortment of wackos in the cabinet, the nuttiest of whom is RFK. He, not Trump, may be the most dangerous man in America because his anti-vax stance will actually kill people. But one thumb up for his devotion to smacking down big pharma (good luck there) and for his MAHA (good-health) advocacy. He is a tragic figure, the family pariah for slaying the Kennedy legacy.
Trump’s revenge tour is far from over; still, he seems increasingly scattered and unfocussed as the meeting with Putin showed. Per usual, Putin cleaned his clock. Is it the Big Macs and the milk shakes? Fourteen hours of flying for what? If there was a foreign policy objective what was it? Going after John Bolton? Not a very likeable guy but at this moment, empathy is extended.
Apologies and profound respect for the real skull-bopping funsters: Larry, Moe and Curly.
It's appropriate that the image you display is not of Moe, Larry, and Curly — the original Curly — but actually Curly Joe, the late-inning reliever sent in to eat up a few innings, and decidedly less funny than not only Curly, but also his predecessor Shemp.
I'd suggest Moe as Putin, being the bully who runs the show. However, beyond that it's difficult to cast Larry and Curley Joe ... hmmm ... Larry, of course, was an ineffectual clown, the butt of jokes and Moe's dominance, so Trump. That said, Curley Joe was ... well ... simply lousy, so Trump. Where does that put Bibi? Moe 2.0 ...?