World politics really is gangsterism. Countries that don't have nukes or a strong military have to accept "protection" from a more powerful state or else they'll become food. And they have to pay for that protection (wealth, minerals, resources).This is not how presidents are supposed to act. This is Mob shyt. There is a tipping point where once it's passed, the world can never go back. What's the tipping point here? What's the end game?
Thinking of countries in recent years that got invaded: Iraq, Afghanistan, and Libya (a civil war supported by the West) it was because they didn't have protection from a super state (US, Russia, China).
But I've never seen this kind of thuggery displayed so openly between two world leaders. This must be an alternate timeline.