He talks. He threatens. The target pushes back. He backs down. Repeatedly. Why threaten if you don't follow through?. Each time you do your credibility is shredded. Soon there is none left and you are useless to anyone so you are tossed out and end up on the refuse heap and are ignored.
"I can't believe how stupid our leaders are". Vis a vis the Us and China.
"The world looks at us like we're stupid people". All quotes from the prior don juan when he was campaigning.