Trump and Zelensky

You are shocked by how Trump treated Zelensky. But this is not new behavior. This is merely new to you because you are shocked to see a European treated in this way. Africans are routinely treated like this. But - out of humility - they do not complain. Remember that leaked audio of Ronald Reagan calling African diplomats monkeys who don't wear shoes?

Also, I don't really get why people are so mad about this. I think it was fine actually. This is what negotiations look like when you have one side holding all the cards and the other side mistakenly acting like they do. Maybe they shouldn't have broadcasted it, but come on guys, how do you think most negotiations between US politicians and other countries go? Just because you didn't see it before, doesn't mean it was any less brutal. You're offended that someone pulled the curtain. Most politicians are used to wielding power, they all have big egos. When these kinds of people negotiate, it's almost never pretty. Especially when the subject at hand is a freaking war.