Donald Trump and J. D. Vance appear to have entered today’s Oval Office meeting with the goal of generating a pretext for a diplomatic break with Ukraine.
Leave aside, if only for a moment, the utter boorishness
No, I can't leave it aside. Boorishness is exactly the point. This president, Trump, is in the process of amassing more power. What does a person like that do with unchecked power? We are (or will be) at the mercy of someone who has no respect for any idea, any entity, any person that does not cower before him.
That's fine, I guess if you have young knees that bend easily. I think I may have been born old, because my knees never bent easily.
It’s a myth that it’s an ancient Chinese curse, but “May you live in interesting times” is hitting us with a vengeance.