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I would assume that some of them will gain his favor with elaborate obsequiousness and flamboyant flattery.

What was less noted after that first episode was the fawning and flattery — “Your success!”

No one is easier to con than a con artist, precisely because they are so susceptible to 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.