He lacks the intellect, and the mind, to actually achieve anything, so he pimps himself out in the service to greed. He wields authoritarian power, like all authoritarians, because he lacks real power or real followers, and because he’s weak and pathetic.
He’s successfully imposed harmful policies on the people of Wisconsin with the help of and in service to greed and malice. Now, basking in his success, he goes about helping to spread the same harmful greed driven policies elsewhere, while reaping his reward in money and fame, and believes all the hype about himself.
His owners must laugh. He comes cheap, but thinks he’s getting a great deal… The perfect stooge.