If they can do this, why can't they do that?

Maybe you’ve uttered this expression of frustration yourself over the years ... and it goes something like this: If they can land a man on the moon, why can’t they solve this problem here on Earth?

I’ll admit to expressing such a thought myself in the past 24 hours in the wake of Donald Trump’s brokering of a deal that well could lead to an end of centuries of bloodshed in the Middle East.

If the president of the United States can clunk the heads of Israeli and terrorist leaders together to get them to stop killing each other, why can’t he do the same with Republicans and Democrats who are digging in while the federal government remains shut down?

House Speaker Mike Johnson is keeping the House off the clock until Senate Democrats agree to a stopgap spending plan to reopen the government. No can do, say Democrats, who contend the GOP plan will gut insurance benefits for many thousands of Americans.

Meanwhile, Trump is basking in the deserved glow of success in the Middle East. The government he has been tasked to running, though, remains dark with no solution in sight.

What the hell? Let’s get busy and fix this matter ... shall we?