subordinate

Congress and the judiciary are coequal with, not subordinate to, the president.

In 2021, an agent filed a complaint against Young accusing him of making “volatile, unprofessional phone calls” and “inappropriate comments” toward subordinates, according to an e-mail reviewed by The Times.

Most U.S. public companies prohibit executives from dating subordinates and many have strict rules around executives and managers disclosing such relationships.

Put simply, the theory says the president should be able to issue orders to subordinates and to fire them at will.

But it’s fair to say that Reagan never indulged in outright name-calling or hateful invective, stressed his desire for negotiation over confrontation and left the nuclear saber-rattling to subordinates.