Apparently Zelenskiy’s former press secretary, Iulia Mendel, found an apt example to illustrate the meaning of the word—although she later deleted her example:
Call it a tragedy squared. I wonder what Bluto Barr thinks of it?
I suppose it’s fortunate in a way that the US has lots of nukes. Imagine how little respect we’d be getting without them.
Don't confuse fear for "respect".
Tragedy- a series of terrible and sorrowful events which are experienced by, and often caused by, a noble figure whose flaws bring about his own downfall and the downfall of others, including the innocent.