The person shouting about their leverage usually wishes they had more of it.

Real advantage tends to be quiet, because someone who genuinely holds a strong position does not need you to know it. Announcement is usually persuasion, an attempt to make you act as though something is true before you check. That is why the loudest claims about power are the ones most worth verifying. Noise often indicates a gap.

When someone emphasises how much leverage they have, treat it as a claim to test rather than a fact to accept. Ask what would have to be true and whether you can confirm any of it. Then respond to what you can verify rather than what you were told.