If you cave once you'll cave always, Trump's fee for practicing will become a regular requirement, the criminal world calls it protection money.

Anatomical Warehouses in the US sell spines for about $US100.00. Perhaps someone can organise to crowdsource to buy 260 odd for the Republican members of the Hose and Senate.

Trump and Vance are clearly following in the footsteps of Vidkun Quisling. They may even take the title from him for those of this disposition.