Stillness may be considered (a sort of) abasement.

以静为。

In the one case the abasement leads to gaining adherents, in the other case to procuring favour.

故或以取，或而取。

Mr Trump did not begin this abasement. But he has embraced it as enthusiastically as anyone and carried it to new depths of his own devising.

尽管朗普不是罪魁祸首，但是他像大家一样热情了它，并在自己的计划里把它带到了新高度。