Trey Knowles - Black Netanyahu and The Evangelicals

In this bold piece of dark satire, Trey Knowles invites the audience into a provocative thought experiment: Imagine if Netanyahu were a Black man accused of carrying out the very same controversial actions. Would the global reaction be the same? Knowles suggests it wouldn't. He jokes that Europe's restraint would disappear overnight — that sanctions, speeches, and moral outrage would move at record speed. The punchline lands on the idea that geopolitics often looks different depending on who's in the picture. He then pivots to American Evangelicals, teasing the close political alliance many hold with Israel. In Knowles' version of events, that support would suddenly flip — as if foreign policy were less about principle and more about branding. He delivers a biting image of the Christian Broadcasting Network going into “cardiac arrest,” scrambling to reconcile theology with politics. The joke crescendos with a dark twist on scripture. Instead of “I will bless those who bless you,” Knowles quips, “You bless me… and I'll curse you,” flipping the sacred promise into a cynical commentary on power and loyalty. Through exaggeration and irony, the piece challenges audiences to consider race, religion, and the politics of selective outrage — all wrapped in sharp, uncomfortable humor