Trump Indicates Americans Desire A Dictator Again

It happened during a Cabinet meeting when Trump got angry at Democratic governors like Maryland’s Wes Moore and JB Pritzker of Illinois, who aren’t happy he’s threatening to send the military into their states’ cities.

That caused the notoriously thin-skinned leader of the free world to gripe to reporters about Moore before going down the authoritarian path.

Trump claimed that Moore told him, “Sir, you’re doing a great job. You’re doing an unbelievable job. Thank you very much,” and then went on TV to declare that Trump is a dictator.

Trump took that moment to suggest ― without evidence, of course ― that maybe having a dictator in the nation’s highest office ain’t such a bad thing.

“So the line is that I’m a dictator, but I stop crime,” Trump said. “So a lot of people say, you know, ‘If that’s the case, I’d rather have a dictator.’”

Trump then insisted he’s “not a dictator,” adding, “I just had to stop crime. And you would think that Illinois would have such a problem with crime, such a bad governor. He should be calling me, and he should be saying, ’Could you send over the troops, please?’”

Trump’s comments on Tuesday mark the second day in a row that he has floated the notion that many Americans would prefer to have a dictator leading the nation.

On Monday, he brought up the dictator idea during a press conference where he griped about the reaction to his ongoing threats of deploying troops on U.S. soil.

“A lot of people are saying, ‘Maybe we’d like a dictator,’” Trump said, while insisting that he’s “not a dictator,” but a man with “great common sense.”

Many people on social media feared that Trump’s comments were a trial balloon for how he really wants to run the country.