Michigan Republican Representative Lisa McClain drew attention on Saturday when she claimed that President Trump "caught Osama bin Laden." Of course, Osama bin Laden was found and killed during a United States military operation on 2 May 2011 in Abbottabad, Pakistan, when Barack Obama was President, Joe Biden Vice President, and Donald Trump a reality-TV star. But I was also struck by her claim that "weakness breeds aggression." I've found a number of uses of the phrase, and it seems that people think perceived weakness encourages bullies. But from what I have experienced of bullies, all the idea reveals is that the speaker – McClain in this case – is herself a bully. (Andrew Shields, #111words, 5 April 2022)
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