The list of atrocities that occurred against Zelensky yesterday is long.

What strikes me also, is the full circle since Trump’s first impeachment, when Zelensky first came on my radar. The audio evidence of Trump on the phone threatening to withhold aid unless Zelensky produced an accusation of Hunter Biden was met by Trump with denial and discrediting of witnesses. Trump, his handlers, and the GOP on the committee effectively buried that evidence under denial, deflections and counterattacks, knowing Trump’s quid pro quo of Zelensky was impeachment-worthy. (It’s why Blagojevich and others in government have been convicted and imprisoned, it’s illegal when involving blackmail, bribes, etc.)

Now, though, Trump is doing the same thing to the same person, at an egregious level. They no longer hide their crime and shakedown, they proudly record and live-televise it.

It took less than six years for half of America to accept and applaud what they used to hide and deny.

Where does our legal, moral and ethical devolution stand on the long list of atrocities? – I hate to acknowledge it, it is so terrifying:

The public view of many, of what is right and what is wrong, has lowered to an unthinkable level.

That is the foundation from which all present and future atrocities can occur without fear of consequences.

Regarding one person, Zelensky, we can measure the U.S. baseline of law, ethics, and morality: It was crumbling 2019; in 2025, it is unspeakably and unforgivingly low.

And half of America loves being there.