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Feb 28 was the day #diplomacy died
🤦‍♂️"be his ruthless #betrayal of loyalists, or his sordid revolving door of #unqualified personnel hires, or his willingness to exploit e downtrodden.. Te day #tRump & Vance ganged up like crude schoolyard #bullies to demean, humiliate & extract concessions fr a leader whose nation is crippled by a hostile invasion, won't be easily forgotten. Te Feb28 diplo disaster shld give pause to any leader contemplat'g a meet w e cantankerous #POTUS"
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What to do if bullying? Try consistent boundaries

1. do not writhe or waver. (Movement attracts the bully)
2. do not attempt to appease. (Any offer is interpreted as weakness and obtains thrust)
3. flee to a safe position that you could hold with support
4. then stand still. Set limits on how others treat you. Affirm boundaries (The bully will redirect attacks eventually)
5. connect: turn to a trusted person, reach out only to someone you feel well about
6. offer backing, foster, become accomplice, enjoy

Bullying typically goes in a vicious cycle in families. Kids learn it from parents, and so on, and so on, world without end.
Not always, but often.
Bullies come in all shapes, sizes, ages, colours, religions, ages, and ethnicities.

Bullying isn't something kids necessarily "grow out of". It should always be deemed unacceptable and behaviour should be redirected as per age.

If not, it grows, and grows, and grows, and you end up with Trump and Vance.

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A handful of #MAGA devotees have openly endorsed #RussianPropaganda, but more #Republicans have explained away #Trump’s behavior as reflecting some motivation other than outright sympathy for Moscow: He is transactional, he is a nationalist, he admires strength & holds weakness in contempt.

And it is all true: Trump does admire #dictators. He does instinctively side w/ #bullies over victims. He does lack any #values-based framework for American #ForeignPolicy.