"I've attended an awful lot of meetings with powerful people in my life - CEOs, managing partners, and the like. Not one has insisted on starting with praise of the boss before moving on to the rest of the agenda. In fact, if you'd tried to start a presentation by flattering the boss, most bosses would have shut you up. Those who didn't shut you up would have simply fired you."
"How embarrassing. Embarrassing for Trump, who is so insecure that he insists that others publicly praise him. But also embarrassing for the members of the Cabinet, who have chosen to publicly debase themselves for the chance to hold power (and, for those named Vance and Rubio, the possibility of holding yet more power in the future). I've attended an awful lot of meetings with powerful people in my life"
Trump begins public Cabinet meetings by having each member offer lavish public praise, revealing personal insecurity and creating public embarrassment. Cabinet members willingly perform reverential flattery to retain power or pursue future ambitions. Private flattery and deference occur in organizations, but public insistence on reverential praise is atypical. Foreign leaders have adopted public flattery as a tactic to gain favor from Trump. Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado gave her Nobel Peace Prize to Trump and accompanied the gift with flattery to seek U.S. support. Some Breitbart commenters interpreted Machado's praise as sincere.
Read at Above the Law
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