But rather in so far as with regard to that very same law, I'm the author and I am subordinated to that law on that ground that I took it, as much as I said, I took it upon myself. I willed that law.
It's perception. According to Darren Treadway, bullying is a matter of perception - the way some action is interpreted by a person, in this case, a subordinate.
The merger will make the consulate subordinate to the US ambassador to Israel David Freeman, considered a supporter of the Israeli settlement program in the West Bank.