Stillness may be considered (a sort of) abasement.

以静为下。

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

故或下以，或下。

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.

尽管朗普不罪魁祸，他像大家一样热情地接纳了它，并在自己的计划里把它带到了新高度。