kowtow

It will not want to be seen kowtowing to Washington.

On an episode of "The Daily Show" he excoriated the party for its continued kowtowing to Republicans and attempts to flank the GOP to its right.

Not in memory, possibly not ever, has the nation seen such overt, unapologetic and public displays of kowtowing to, and deal-making with, a U.S. president or president-elect by the nation’s rich and well-connected.

Exacting such a price would appeal to someone like Trump who wants to make people kowtow to him publicly.

It appears that the news media as a whole is trying to kowtow to Trump.