Comment by hyperman1

I last saw a psychology thing on TV about people reserving theur strong reaction to the second severe transgression. Bad guys get 1 abuse for free, modulo some stern looks and grumbling. Second time, the big hit comes. The number of transgressions is a more important fact than the time or size.

There is some truth to this, once you look at it. So Russia took Crimea as first abuse, and got some survivable sanctions. Then they hit Ukraine a second time.

Trump, well, it is hit after hit after hit. Liberation day, ICC, threatening greenland, backstabbing Ukraine, Iran. And we're not even halfway his term, and we got proof from the last 2 Republican presidencys that this is no outlayer.