Throwing our swag around

This one comes from the Philadelphia Inquirer, Sunday Jan 25, p A8.  Asked about how Trump is doing in Northeast PA, a  voter said:
“He’s done great militarily, throwing our swag around.”

This is a mashup of “throw (one’s) weight around” (to assert oneself in an authoritarian manner) and “swagger” (conduct oneself in an arrogant or pompous manner). It is almost a congruent conflation, as both idioms conjure an arrogant way of behaving. Interestingly, “swag” is promotional merchandise, and the speaker might have been thinking of that as well. A big thanks to Linda Bernstein who spotted this one and sent it in!