Stillness may be considered (a sort of) abasement.

为下。

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

故或下取，或下而取。

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地接纳了，自己的计划里把带到了新高度。