flattery

Carefully worded praise and flattery helped to set the tone, with Sir Keir saying "the UK has a true friend in the Oval Office".

Yep, Vance's "defense" of his boss is to paint him as a thin-skinned bully who needs to be coddled with flattery.

Rather than confronting Trump, California’s governor is showing restraint and using flattery to ensure the state gets the federal disaster relief it needs and deserves.

It’s not hard to imagine some bristling at Newsom’s accommodation of this most transactional of presidents, or seizing on the kind things the governor has said about Trump and using that flattery against him.

Like Trump, most of the GOP members of Congress want all the benefits of office — TV spots, flattery, access to the Senate gym — without having to deal with those annoying responsibilities.