strong-arm

He is both deflecting attention from his Epstein association and doubling down on his strong-arm tactics to break all resistance to his regime.

He has applied the same strong-arm tactics to boardrooms and corporations, national media outlets, law firms and, most recently, comedians.

All three were appointees of López Obrador, who repeatedly clashed with the justices about his strong-arm efforts to reform electoral law and other initiatives.

“That really resonated with people, that this was big industry trying to manipulate and strong-arm local voters,” Kalantari-Johnson told the publication.

Trump has outright admitted that he's attempting to strong-arm the news outlet into using the administration's preferred designation.