2/ "With underboss JD Vance & his foreign policy consiglieres, he pulled off public shakedown, offering protection to recalcitrant citizen Zelensky & exploding w rage when Ukrainian pres turned down Trump’s offer he wasn’t supposed to refuse..Most of world & at least 1/2 of Amer's were shocked to watch this truly momentous event in US history—the betrayal of a democratic friend, realpolitik embrace of strongman doctrine, & rejection of our global alliances—play out on 10 stark mins of live TV"