lofty perch

After all, he lived on that lofty perch for a while.

Watching from his lofty perch in the press box, BBC Sport Scotland pundit Steven Thompson said: "You're kidding me. You are kidding me. From such a high to a low in seconds."

Ultimately, those people who mock and dismiss Trump and the Republican fascist's antisemitism and larger "culture war" behavior are speaking from a lofty perch of imagined security and false safety.

Mr. O’Reilly may no longer enjoy his lofty perch atop the Fox platform, but he continues to hold sway in conservative media.

He was taking a lead in a conversation about faith, not from a lofty perch in a pulpit, but at eye level.