During Burns’ appearance at the Asia Society, two protesters stood up in quick succession, criticising the Biden administration for policies that they decried as amounting to a “two-front war” against Russia and China. The two were escorted out.

Burns, addressing their comments, said the US makes mistakes and, unlike some other countries, allows its citizens to speak out and question its leaders.

Holy shit senior american officials can’t even understand the reality that’s literally just played out before them

Jesus fucking Christ there’s projection and then there’s projection