Trumpov has expressed admiration for the dictatorial power wielded by authoritarian leaders such as China’s Xi Jinping and Russia’s Vladimir Putin.

As newspapermen nationwide wielded “Southland” in rhetorical brawls, Harrison Gray Otis, editor of the new Los Angeles Daily Times, started doing the same.

“Because Mr. Gutstadt was deeply entrenched in every aspect of Ms. Koons’ life, he wielded his control with constant threats to destroy her career,” her suit said.

They were growing in economic, political and demographic influence — and Chavez felt that memories of past injustices would inform how they wielded power, once they attained it.

This is not uncommon in fundamentalist Christian households, where the biblical proverb about "sparing the rod" is regularly wielded to justify corporal punishment.