It is mind boggling how anyone supports that drooling moron.

There appears to be no compromise or common ground. It feels inevitable that tensions will continue to worsen. Current leadership is immune to protests, and actively pursuing every measure to usurp the rule of law. There is no one to whom one can appeal. Wishing for diplomatic heroes, because it feels hopeless.

I could never understand why they didn’t just throw a speech module into R2-D2.

My thought exactly. Specialists are booking months out.