>> He's using his enormous amount of wealth and influence as a weapon to bludgeon anyone and anything in his way.

> Using your "enormous amount of wealth" as a weapon means you'll be frittering away that wealth very quickly.

That has not been the case throughout history. To the contrary, using "your 'enormous amount of wealth' as a weapon" has been effectively employed by those possessing same for as long as there has been an agreed upon definition of "wealth."

See any reasonable definition of power.