Were chest-thumping international threats like this standard in the 90s and 00s, and I just didn't see them every day because there was no Twitter? Or has this become more common recently? https://t.co/7XBGeibwJu

— Noah Smith 🐇 (@Noahpinion) August 12, 2020

This sort of thing has occurred all the time since the 1950s, it just wasn’t reported as much. It’s standard behavior of powers and wannabe powers.