There's a category of person, and you can tell by the way they speak in mixed company, for whom every other living thing is at most a prop in their own theater.
Trump is like this, but in a very specific animal way. Vance is a lot more calculated, which makes it all the more revolting. A freak.
JD Vance: "I have joked that I have two very very important people in my life -- an Indian and a Pakistani. The Indian is my wife and the Pakistani is Field Marshal Munir. I've probably talked to Field Marshal Munir more than I've talked to anybody else over the last three months."