Bullies (especially in government) always like to try and make others feel weak and powerless.
Bullies in fact thrive on fear and intimidation, and they want you to do whatever they want, and use the fear that they will hurt you in one way or another to get it.
What the bully never counts on is their victims fighting back, what they don’t count on is their victims standing their ground and not giving an inch, not flinching in the face of adversary.
Bullies are in fact people who are emotionally weak and fragile, and they compensate for this by hurting other either mentally, physically, or emotionally.
In the end a bully (even a political one) is someone who is actually displaying their weakness.