strongman

He praises foreign strongmen and speaks of the country’s military power in possessive terms: My generals, my soldiers, my judges.

For once, I will say: Don’t drop the strongman shtick.

“And that is the difference,” she continued, “between a strongman and an authoritarian, and a leader of a democracy.”

The strongman’s regime has cranked up its propaganda machine.

The authorization enables the CIA to operate clandestinely in the country and potentially take action against Venezuelan strongman Nicolás Maduro, his government and drug traffickers, according to an administration official.