Donald Trump defended comments he made last week where he said he wanted to be a dictator if re-elected only on “day one” in office.
Trump began by complaining that Peter Baker of The New York Times wrote an article referencing his comments. “[Peter] Baker today in the New York Times said that I want to be a dictator,” he said Saturday night at the New York Young Republican Club’s 111th Annual Gala. “I didn’t say that. I said I want to be a dictator for one day. You know why I wanted to be a dictator? Because I want a wall, and I want to drill, drill, drill.”
Trump made the original comments on his dreams of dictatorship during an interview with Fox News’ Sean Hannity after the anchor asked if Trump had plans of revenge against his enemies.
“You are promising America tonight, you would never abuse this power as retribution against anybody?” Hannity asked.
> “You are promising America tonight, you would never abuse this power as retribution against anybody?” Hannity asked.
>“Except for Day 1,” Trump said.
Trust him, just give him power over everything only for Day 1, then he’ll be a normal president.
Where’s the “drill, drill, drill” stuff coming from all of a sudden? The last time I heard about this it was from Sarah Palin. I can’t remember Trump being particularly vocal about this before.
Or is he just trying anything he can think of to give his followers something to chant and to change the subject from his criminal activity?
The day he dies will be a national holiday.
This is a true Trump correction. I said I want to one day, not on day one. Ah, got it… all good now, bro.
Careful what you wish for you Angry Creamsicle. We all know what eventually happens to dictators. BTW His Bloatedness is a Dick with a tiny, tiny Tator.
Yeah, he loves being a taterdick.
I can’t stand looking at him, and I can’t stand his whiny voice either.
one of the smartest things he’s said. He gets to telegraph to his base that yeah he’s a dictator, don’t worry, and to low-information voters that he just wants to shout out “drill” and “wall” and then the long national nightmare will end all will be okay but gas will be cheap and cities white.
Trump could do a lot of damage in one day. For example, if he truly could be a dictator for just one day, he could throw out the constitution and declare himself to be the indefinite dear leader.
Isn’t it way to early for airing of grievances?
Any amount of days a person says they want to be a dictator over the number 0 should disqualify that person from running for president.
At this point, it’s more than “doubling”…
Donald Trump defended comments he made last week where he said he wanted to be a dictator if re-elected but only on “Day One” in office.
Trump began by complaining that Peter Baker of The New York Times wrote an article referencing his comments. “[Peter] Baker today in the New York Times said that I want to be a dictator,” the former president said Saturday night at the New York Young Republican Club’s 111th Annual Gala. “I didn’t say that. I said I want to be a dictator for one day. You know why I wanted to be a dictator? Because I want a wall, and I want to drill, drill, drill.”
Trump: You know why I wanted to be dictator? I want a wall and drill, drill, drill..
Crowd and Trump: build the wall
Trump: We did pic.twitter.com/6ugNSwAFnw
— Acyn (@Acyn) December 10, 2023
Trump made the original comments on his dreams of dictatorship during an interview last week with Fox News’ Sean Hannity after the anchor asked if Trump had plans of revenge against his enemies.
“You are promising America tonight, you would never abuse this power as retribution against anybody?” Hannity asked.
“Except for Day One,” Trump said.
Trump then addressed the interview audience. “This guy, he says, ‘You’re not going to be a dictator, are you?’” Trump said, referring to Hannity. “I said, ‘No, no, no — other than Day One.’ We’re closing the border. And we’re drilling, drilling, drilling. After that, I’m not a dictator.”
During his Saturday night speech that ran nearly an hour and a half, Trump told the crowd of wealthy Republicans, “We want to liberate America because we’re in a country that’s in a lot of pain right now, a lot of hurt. This campaign is on a righteous crusade to rescue our nation from a very corrupt political class.”
The event’s guest list was a MAGA who’s who, including former Trump advisor Steve Bannon, Trump’s attorney Alina Habba, the disgraced Rudy Giuliani, and far-right members of Congress Reps. Paul Gosar, Mike Collins and Cory Mills.
“On Day One, I will break up the Biden administration’s illegal censorship machine and any official who has violated Americans constitutional rights will be held very, very accountable,” Trump said in his Saturday night speech.
Trump may not be waiting until “Day One” of his possible second term to enact dictatorial policies. A Rolling Stone investigation uncovered efforts by Trump and his team to erode democracy by seeding the 2024 election with “garbage” voter data and replacing a longstanding database used to verify voter registration data with a new software, EagleAI, that experts say is “utterly unreliable.”
> “You are promising America tonight, you would never abuse this power as retribution against anybody?” Hannity asked.
Trump has literally said he will be “your retribution” to voters. Trump has also said he will send the DOJ after his enemies. But Hannity wants to pretend liberals are making it all up
Send him to some island, say north of the Shetlands, to be a dick-tater of one.
The New York Young Republicans Club that he’s speaking at here has become notorious for their extremism during the Trump years. [Their big soirée last year](https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2022/12/11/white-nationalists-other-republicans-brace-total-war) featured the founders of white nationalist organization VDARE, Peter and Lydia Brimelow, as well as notable Pizzagater Jack Posobiec, Newsweek editor and major figure in the fledgling national conservatism movement Josh Hammer, as well as MTG saying that if her and Steve Bannon (also present) planned 1/6 that it would have been armed. Several members of European far right parties like the AfD were also in attendance.
Imagine in the US this would not end someone political aspirations. We are truly lost.
America #1
1 people
1 country
1 leader
Yes he is that bad. And so are his followers.
He said he wants to be a dictator for one day so he can build a wall. Then the crowd chants “build a wall,” and then he says “we did.” So he simultaneously wants to build a wall but also there’s already a wall there for him to take credit for? That’s some prime doublethink.
If he was more sharp in the mind he would’ve achieved his desire
Im so tired of hearing about this piece of garbage.
The deluded old man doesn’t seem to understand the oil industry in our country at all. The President has NO control over oil prices. The more the oil companies drill the more they can sell anywhere in the world. Oil is a commodity traded in world markets. We don’t get more than 6% from the Middle East. What we use comes mostly from our country and South America. If Europe isn’t buying from Russia then it can get it from us and the Middle East.
“Drill, drill, drill” won’t bring down gas price. Energy independence? That comes and goes. Trump had no control over it. Just another one of his thousands of lies.
The only good thing about this situation is that he’s OLD.
Can’t imagine being stupid enough to think this clown has anything but more misery to offer America.
Dictator could be in office for the 250th anniversary of Independence (July 4th 2026).
Meanwhile, the Trump troopers on Reddit are trying to tell us that he’s only kidding. And whatabout whatabout?
What he says is irrelevant, it’s what he does that matters and what he has done is side with our enemies, write love letters to dictators and ruined the United States perfect record of peaceful transfers of power.
That should be more than enough to disqualify him.
And he can be if people will not vote Biden because of the Israel-gaza war
There’s no Day 2
Trump in 2015, asked if he would accept the election result:
“If I win.”
We saw the logical conclusion of this mentality in 2020.
Narcissistic Personality disorder, extreme bigotry, habitual liar, and overall scumbag are all great traits…
I’m sure we can trust him to only be dictator 1day if elected.
I can’t stress enough now much it bothers me that he had to be asked if he’d be a dictator. Someone who could end up running the country.
Regardless of his answer that’s batshit crazy that Hannity thought he should ask.
Trump is a traitor to the Constitution, the very idea of representative self-government, and Rule of Law.
In short, Trump and the Republican Party no longer believe in America and hate both it and most Americans. They are the domestic enemies from whom my military Oath (nearly a half century ago) compelled me to defend the US.
I still feel obligated by that Oath.
Trump can’t take the truth that most Americans don’t want him and didn’t vote for him. He wants vengeance, blood, and in his mind a well-deserved payback.
And yet he is still allowed to run for some reason.
Like it or not your choices are going to be Trump and Biden. And voting for Trump should be illegal.
And the terrifying thing is many of the polls show him in a tight race with Biden.
The day one comment was a test balloon. Now he knows his supporters will still follow him so he’s going to push harder into it.
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***From Rolling Stone:***
Donald Trump defended comments he made last week where he said he wanted to be a dictator if re-elected only on “day one” in office.
Trump began by complaining that Peter Baker of The New York Times wrote an article referencing his comments. “[Peter] Baker today in the New York Times said that I want to be a dictator,” he said Saturday night at the New York Young Republican Club’s 111th Annual Gala. “I didn’t say that. I said I want to be a dictator for one day. You know why I wanted to be a dictator? Because I want a wall, and I want to drill, drill, drill.”
Trump made the original comments on his dreams of dictatorship during an interview with Fox News’ Sean Hannity after the anchor asked if Trump had plans of revenge against his enemies.
“You are promising America tonight, you would never abuse this power as retribution against anybody?” Hannity asked.
“Except for Day 1,” Trump said.
Watch: [https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-doubles-down-dictator-day-one-1234922468/](https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-doubles-down-dictator-day-one-1234922468/)
So sick of this anus mouth.
can i get a V!
Pay serious attention… he means it.
> “You are promising America tonight, you would never abuse this power as retribution against anybody?” Hannity asked.
>“Except for Day 1,” Trump said.
Trust him, just give him power over everything only for Day 1, then he’ll be a normal president.
Where’s the “drill, drill, drill” stuff coming from all of a sudden? The last time I heard about this it was from Sarah Palin. I can’t remember Trump being particularly vocal about this before.
Or is he just trying anything he can think of to give his followers something to chant and to change the subject from his criminal activity?
The day he dies will be a national holiday.
This is a true Trump correction. I said I want to one day, not on day one. Ah, got it… all good now, bro.
Careful what you wish for you Angry Creamsicle. We all know what eventually happens to dictators. BTW His Bloatedness is a Dick with a tiny, tiny Tator.
Yeah, he loves being a taterdick.
I can’t stand looking at him, and I can’t stand his whiny voice either.
one of the smartest things he’s said. He gets to telegraph to his base that yeah he’s a dictator, don’t worry, and to low-information voters that he just wants to shout out “drill” and “wall” and then the long national nightmare will end all will be okay but gas will be cheap and cities white.
Trump could do a lot of damage in one day. For example, if he truly could be a dictator for just one day, he could throw out the constitution and declare himself to be the indefinite dear leader.
Isn’t it way to early for airing of grievances?
Any amount of days a person says they want to be a dictator over the number 0 should disqualify that person from running for president.
At this point, it’s more than “doubling”…
Donald Trump defended comments he made last week where he said he wanted to be a dictator if re-elected but only on “Day One” in office.
Trump began by complaining that Peter Baker of The New York Times wrote an article referencing his comments. “[Peter] Baker today in the New York Times said that I want to be a dictator,” the former president said Saturday night at the New York Young Republican Club’s 111th Annual Gala. “I didn’t say that. I said I want to be a dictator for one day. You know why I wanted to be a dictator? Because I want a wall, and I want to drill, drill, drill.”
Trump: You know why I wanted to be dictator? I want a wall and drill, drill, drill..
Crowd and Trump: build the wall
Trump: We did pic.twitter.com/6ugNSwAFnw
— Acyn (@Acyn) December 10, 2023
Trump made the original comments on his dreams of dictatorship during an interview last week with Fox News’ Sean Hannity after the anchor asked if Trump had plans of revenge against his enemies.
“You are promising America tonight, you would never abuse this power as retribution against anybody?” Hannity asked.
“Except for Day One,” Trump said.
Trump then addressed the interview audience. “This guy, he says, ‘You’re not going to be a dictator, are you?’” Trump said, referring to Hannity. “I said, ‘No, no, no — other than Day One.’ We’re closing the border. And we’re drilling, drilling, drilling. After that, I’m not a dictator.”
During his Saturday night speech that ran nearly an hour and a half, Trump told the crowd of wealthy Republicans, “We want to liberate America because we’re in a country that’s in a lot of pain right now, a lot of hurt. This campaign is on a righteous crusade to rescue our nation from a very corrupt political class.”
The event’s guest list was a MAGA who’s who, including former Trump advisor Steve Bannon, Trump’s attorney Alina Habba, the disgraced Rudy Giuliani, and far-right members of Congress Reps. Paul Gosar, Mike Collins and Cory Mills.
“On Day One, I will break up the Biden administration’s illegal censorship machine and any official who has violated Americans constitutional rights will be held very, very accountable,” Trump said in his Saturday night speech.
Trump may not be waiting until “Day One” of his possible second term to enact dictatorial policies. A Rolling Stone investigation uncovered efforts by Trump and his team to erode democracy by seeding the 2024 election with “garbage” voter data and replacing a longstanding database used to verify voter registration data with a new software, EagleAI, that experts say is “utterly unreliable.”
> “You are promising America tonight, you would never abuse this power as retribution against anybody?” Hannity asked.
Trump has literally said he will be “your retribution” to voters. Trump has also said he will send the DOJ after his enemies. But Hannity wants to pretend liberals are making it all up
Send him to some island, say north of the Shetlands, to be a dick-tater of one.
The New York Young Republicans Club that he’s speaking at here has become notorious for their extremism during the Trump years. [Their big soirée last year](https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2022/12/11/white-nationalists-other-republicans-brace-total-war) featured the founders of white nationalist organization VDARE, Peter and Lydia Brimelow, as well as notable Pizzagater Jack Posobiec, Newsweek editor and major figure in the fledgling national conservatism movement Josh Hammer, as well as MTG saying that if her and Steve Bannon (also present) planned 1/6 that it would have been armed. Several members of European far right parties like the AfD were also in attendance.
Imagine in the US this would not end someone political aspirations. We are truly lost.
America #1
1 people
1 country
1 leader
Yes he is that bad. And so are his followers.
He said he wants to be a dictator for one day so he can build a wall. Then the crowd chants “build a wall,” and then he says “we did.” So he simultaneously wants to build a wall but also there’s already a wall there for him to take credit for? That’s some prime doublethink.
If he was more sharp in the mind he would’ve achieved his desire
Im so tired of hearing about this piece of garbage.
The deluded old man doesn’t seem to understand the oil industry in our country at all. The President has NO control over oil prices. The more the oil companies drill the more they can sell anywhere in the world. Oil is a commodity traded in world markets. We don’t get more than 6% from the Middle East. What we use comes mostly from our country and South America. If Europe isn’t buying from Russia then it can get it from us and the Middle East.
“Drill, drill, drill” won’t bring down gas price. Energy independence? That comes and goes. Trump had no control over it. Just another one of his thousands of lies.
The only good thing about this situation is that he’s OLD.
Can’t imagine being stupid enough to think this clown has anything but more misery to offer America.
Dictator could be in office for the 250th anniversary of Independence (July 4th 2026).
Meanwhile, the Trump troopers on Reddit are trying to tell us that he’s only kidding. And whatabout whatabout?
What he says is irrelevant, it’s what he does that matters and what he has done is side with our enemies, write love letters to dictators and ruined the United States perfect record of peaceful transfers of power.
That should be more than enough to disqualify him.
And he can be if people will not vote Biden because of the Israel-gaza war
There’s no Day 2
Trump in 2015, asked if he would accept the election result:
“If I win.”
We saw the logical conclusion of this mentality in 2020.
Narcissistic Personality disorder, extreme bigotry, habitual liar, and overall scumbag are all great traits…
I’m sure we can trust him to only be dictator 1day if elected.
I can’t stress enough now much it bothers me that he had to be asked if he’d be a dictator. Someone who could end up running the country.
Regardless of his answer that’s batshit crazy that Hannity thought he should ask.
Trump is a traitor to the Constitution, the very idea of representative self-government, and Rule of Law.
In short, Trump and the Republican Party no longer believe in America and hate both it and most Americans. They are the domestic enemies from whom my military Oath (nearly a half century ago) compelled me to defend the US.
I still feel obligated by that Oath.
Trump can’t take the truth that most Americans don’t want him and didn’t vote for him. He wants vengeance, blood, and in his mind a well-deserved payback.
And yet he is still allowed to run for some reason.
Like it or not your choices are going to be Trump and Biden. And voting for Trump should be illegal.
And the terrifying thing is many of the polls show him in a tight race with Biden.
The day one comment was a test balloon. Now he knows his supporters will still follow him so he’s going to push harder into it.
Just like his old friend Vladimir.