It was only a matter of time before the two most resilient stains on the carpet of global diplomacy found a way to share the same bottle of industrial-strength ego. Benjamin Netanyahu, a man whose political longevity is fueled entirely by the spite of his enemies and the selective amnesia of his electorate, has officially RSVP’d 'yes' to Donald Trump’s latest vanity project: the ‘Board of Peace.’ It is a title so dripping with irony that it could lubricate the gears of an M1 Abrams tank, yet here we are, watching the world’s most litigious tag-team prepare to redefine international cooperation as a high-stakes protection racket.

The 'Board of Peace'—which sounds less like a diplomatic body and more like a name a mid-level manager at a failing tech startup would give to a firing squad—is being positioned as a direct competitor to the United Nations. Of course it is. The United Nations, for all its performative hand-wringing and its ability to spend three decades debating the font size of a ceasefire resolution, still occasionally requires its members to pretend they care about things like 'international law' or 'not being a complete monster.' For men like Netanyahu and Trump, such constraints are about as welcome as a tax audit in the middle of a casino heist. By creating a parallel structure, they aren't just leaving the room; they’re building a new room where the only rule is that the guy with the loudest voice and the most expensive lawyers gets to decide what 'peace' actually means.

Netanyahu’s decision to join this gilded cage of authoritarians-in-waiting is a masterclass in survivalist cynicism. Faced with a domestic landscape that views him with increasing suspicion and an international community that is starting to use the 'G-word' with alarming frequency, Bibi needs a safe space. Not the kind of safe space where university students cry about microaggressions, but the kind where you can exchange trade secrets on how to ignore a subpoena while simultaneously bombing a neighbor. The Trump 'Board of Peace' offers him exactly that: a VIP lounge where the only price of admission is total loyalty to the brand and a shared hatred for any organization that uses the word 'humanitarian' without air quotes.

On the other side of the Atlantic, the American Right is already salivating over this development. To the moronic masses who believe that 'globalism' is a secret plot to turn their children into soy-based socialists, the dismantling of the UN is a cause for celebration. They see this new board as a triumph of sovereignty, blissfully unaware that they are merely trading a slow, ineffective bureaucracy for a fast, efficient kleptocracy. They cheer for the 'Board of Peace' because it sounds like a win, failing to realize that in the world of Trump and Netanyahu, 'peace' is just the quiet period where they reload the cannons and check their offshore bank accounts.

Meanwhile, the Left is engaging in its standard routine of impotent fury. They will spend the next six months writing scathing op-eds and organizing marches that change absolutely nothing. They will weep for the 'sanctity' of the UN, an institution that has stood by and watched more atrocities than a bored security guard at a riot. Their performative outrage is the perfect fuel for this new engine of chaos; the more they scream about 'norms' and 'precedents,' the more Trump and Netanyahu can position themselves as the daring renegades fighting against a corrupt establishment. It’s a symbiotic relationship of stupidity where everyone gets to feel morally superior while the world continues to burn.

Let’s be honest about what this 'Board of Peace' actually represents: it is the IPO of a new world order where diplomacy is a subscription service. If you’re a leader with a troublesome minority population or a pesky habit of 'disappearing' journalists, you can now join a club that won't judge you. In fact, they’ll probably give you a keynote speaking slot. It is the natural evolution of a geopolitical landscape that has abandoned even the pretense of virtue. Why bother lying to the UN Security Council when you can just start your own council where everyone already agrees that might makes right and the truth is whatever you can get away with saying on a social media platform?

As this new organization takes shape, we are witnessing the final death rattle of mid-century idealism. The dream of a 'united' world has been replaced by the reality of a 'profitable' one. Netanyahu and Trump aren't building a bridge; they’re building a toll booth on the road to Armageddon. And the most depressing part? Humanity is so exhausted by the constant churn of crisis and corruption that we’ll probably just let them do it, provided they give us a catchy slogan and a reason to hate our neighbors. Welcome to the Board of Peace. Check your conscience at the door; you won’t be needing it where we’re going.