“It’s a vulgar display. It’s the kind of thing you see with Kim Jong-un, you see it with Putin, you see it with dictators around the world that are weak. Weakness masquerading as strength. That’s about as small as it gets. That’s Donald Trump.” — Newsom on Trump’s military parade.
I don’t know who needs to hear this, but “I was only following orders” was rejected as a defense at the Nuremberg Trials.