UTTERLY SICKENING – AT 11:36 A.M. ET:  Doesn't John Kerry realize he's not secretary of state any longer?  Doesn't he understand that a new, elected administration is running American foreign policy?  Apparently, this man, who betrayed his comrades in Vietnam, doesn't understand much of anything.  From Fox:   

Former Secretary of State John Kerry reportedly tried to meddle in Middle East peace talks, allegedly telling a close associate of Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas not to “yield to President Trump’s demands.” 

Israeli news outlet Maariv reported on the apparent meeting between Kerry and Hussein Agha in London, where the 2004 Democratic presidential nominee also reportedly floated a possible encore bid in 2020.  

But in the conversation, Kerry reportedly told Agha to share a message with Abbas – urging him to “hold on and be strong” during talks with the Trump administration and “play for time ... [and] not yield to President Trump’s demands.”

Kerry, who served as former President Barack Obama’s secretary of state during his second term, also reportedly told Agha that Trump would not be in office for long, suggesting he could be out in a year. 

According to the report, Kerry used derogatory terms when referring to Trump, and offered to help the Palestinians create an alternative peace initiative. He reportedly asked Abbas not to attack the U.S. or the Trump administration, but rather focus attacks on the president himself.

One prominent Trump ally, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, voiced disbelief at the reported comments on Thursday.

“Kerry knows as a former secretary of state, a former U.S. senator, that kind of advice would be stunningly unpatriotic, and I don’t think John Kerry would do something like that,” Gingrich told "Fox & Friends." “I hope he wouldn’t. I would be very, very surprised if a former secretary of state, a former U.S. senator would have said anything that was that overtly anti-American.”

COMMENT:  Newt is being sarcastic, of course.  This story broke three days ago, and Kerry has never denied it.  Besides, it sounds like him – arrogant, pompous, sneering, self-satisfied.  What a guy!  You wouldn't want your sister to come home with him.  If she does, tell him to shut up and fix the refrigerator.

January 25, 2018