This mindset is ridiculous to me. If you bump into a person on the street are you going to put them through some weird test to make them earn your respect before you apologize? Should a child in school just disregard teachers instructions until they’ve earned his or her respect? How about we all just respect each other. This doesn’t mean you have to kneel down and worship everyone who crosses your path.
Always has been. He’s just giving up hiding it.