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"At this stage, it's just to annoy us, it's part of the Russians' displays of hostility. They're trying to humiliate us," said a French security source, requesting not to be named.

China’s actions show that the U.S. is vulnerable to economic pressure, and China has forced the administration to choose between further escalation or a humiliating climbdown.

Wallace previously said he was "deeply sorry for any distress" he caused and that he "never set out to harm or humiliate".

The most notable addition to the story is a sequence depicting the Phantom’s humiliating past as part of a freak show—a clever innovation that slightly humanizes this opaque character.

By the 19th century, it was being attacked and humiliated by European powers that had become rulers of the seas.