Is trump a dictator?

[Badwomen]

[NathanDavis]

he's a puppet...

that's a bit different... because others dictate and tell him what to do, and when

[Badwomen]

Good point

[msc545]

I don't necessarily think you're wrong, but can you tell us who the others actually are?

[NathanDavis]

@msc545 way too many to name, but... let's go step by step

- how many aides can each congress politician have? around twenty... 20 people per congress men and women, whispering to their ears? have you ever noticed how almost ALL of the people in congress DO NOT actually read the entirety or ANY of the bills and laws they promote? that's right... all of these 20 aides do the work

- how many lobbyists can meet behind door with any person in congress? NO limits... there's literally an unlimited number of lobbyists working for big companies to whisper any kind of deal, policy and "ideas for bills and law" that can influence what the Congress does or won't do

- can a lobbyist become a personal aide to a Congress member, and can a personal aide to a Congress member become a lobbyist? yes, and also, yes... most if not all politicians, lobbyists and aides alike, can switch positions and move from one to another, indefinitely...

- if a Congress member has worked with an aide, or a lobbyist connected and who worked for, is working for any big pharma, any big military company, any big oil company, and/or any other big tech company in the world... go invest in that company's stock or shares... yes Congress people can invest in the companies they have policy/bills made for...

now, finally... can all of these also happen around the President of the United States? yes, yes it can... and most of the Trump administration and the closest of the people who work for him, and give him "advice", most of them were appointed by these people in control

and that is exactly why... while Trump told the people for months and even years, that America was going to be First... and there was not going to be more war-mongering money going out from our taxes... just days ago, the same Trump said, he is going to invest billions and even trillions in military contracts to go after Venezuela, Iran, Mexico, Greenland... and whatever else

because he was told to do that... lol

[NathanDavis]

but yeah, there are many many names... and on both sides too, but I don't like to name them anymore because people on this site are obsessed with "my side never does wrong, your side always does wrong"

and to me, they're all the same...

[NathanDavis]

some figures from 2020...
prospect.org/.../

some figure from 2024...
responsiblestatecraft.org/us-invasion-venezuela/

and this has started to circulate in news today

" Trump officials eye private security contractors to safeguard oil assets in Venezuela "

notice how it says "officials" and not Trump himself making that call

[Kaneki05]

No, if he was he'd stayed in power upon his first election Biden would never of got elected. And when he steps down after his 2nd term he'll still not be a dictator.
Nothing proves he's a dictator and congress still exist to keep his power in check. Because to keep in power he'd need to reform all of congress or remove it.
USA has a strong system to prevent a dictator. Any retort of him being a dictator comes from someone who doesn't understand the definition of one.

[Anonymous]

As much as he is allowed to be. He hates when that pesky Constitution gets in his way. Damn those Founding Fathers for checks and balances on his power. Though he just threatens every Republican who ever votes against his wishes so he has largely eliminated that too. There are a few Republicans in Congress with a spine still but not many.

[Anonymous]

I don’t like Donald Trump but I am going to say no to this question.

Donald Trump may be the President but he still doesn’t have all the power and all control of everything that happens in the USA.

[exitseven]

No, the opposition keeps saying this and the propaganda arm of the democrat party keeps broadcasting it. Eventually the more impressionable among us will believe it.

[midnightmoon05]

You are 18 and is in finance?
then you should know enough what trump is doing to bring America back.
otherwise you should stay in school to learn a little more about money and history.
he is not a dictator.

[Danzigdawson]

Yes he is. Cult of personality, retribution for not playing along, his own task force (ICE), branding political opponents as terrorists, his fucking ugly face on 30 ft high banners in DC, desire to conquest new territories...

[Anonymous]

Yes he is. Don the Con should be in prison not in the white house and all his supporters should be in prison.

[Chazmatazz269]

Nope, not even close. Anyone who suggests otherwise is willfully ignorant or completely full of dookie.

[David318578]

Not really a fan of Trump but no, he is held to the laws of this country and its set up specifically to limit the power of the president.

Why do you think he is a dictator?

[msc545]

Not exactly right now, but he's getting there.

[Anonymous]

If he was a dictator, he wouldn’t have had two assassination attempts. Trump is going against the liberal shadow government that wants to destroy America.

[Anonymous]

No, dictator's take a country over through violence, division and fear. Kinda like what the left has been doing for over a decade.

[Opinion Owner]

Oh, you can't forget the lefts biggest accomplices in their attempt, the mass media.

[KostasKouvalis]

Not yet, unless he figures out a way to stay in office past his term and not hold elections

[Anonymous]

no but he should be a dictator to get things done but instead he's being too complacent or letting others control him

[Mike_Hum]

The people who think Trump is a dictator and the people who thought everyone should be locked in their homes because of the flu is a circle.

[beefcakebradybatson]

He's trying his level worst to be a dictator.

[Alex-Snow]

Yes and he is even worse than that

[Badwomen]

That’s for damn sure

[Pterodon]

Fuck no. He’s never tried to disarm me unlike every democrat

[Danzigdawson]

Yes, because everyone knows that the definition of a dictator is "someone who tries to disarm another person".

Example: that guy who disarmed one of the shooters at Bondi beach. That's a dictator.

What are you exactly without your wittle 9mm security blanket, dickless? Would you be too scared?

[Pterodon]

It’s not a 9mm. I also have others

[Pterodon]

That’s the first thing dictators do. Disarm the population and all democrats do their best to disarm us

[Danzigdawson]

@Pterodon Of course you have others: what would be without firearms? The weak, scared little man that you're affraid others will see?

One of the first thing dictators do is also arrest people, detain them and dispose of them in one way or another without trial or due process...

Or send the National Guard to cities that don't like him...

Or have his own ugly face printed on huge 30 ft banners placed everywhere around town...

Or free criminals who helped him in his struggle to grab power...

Or attack the free press...

[Pterodon]

He isn’t doing any of that. Just rounding up illegal aliens your boy let in. Illegally at that

[Danzigdawson]

@Pterodon Yes, he is in fact doing all of that. Are you going to deny that he didn't send the NG to democrat cities; or that he denied White House press room access to the AP for not using the "Gulf of America" nonsense; that he's fought a crusade to silence and/or disparage what he calls "fake news" (any news that paints him in a negative light) since day one? Are you going to deny that he has freed convicted criminals such as Roger Stone, Steve Bannon and all of these idiots who trashed the Capitol on January 6 2021?

Illegal aliens have a right to due process just like everyone else in the US, citizen or not. It's in the constitution.

[Pterodon]

I love and feed on your misery. Trump has free reign in your head.

[Danzigdawson]

This means that you've been shown just how stupid you are and you want to make it look like you weren't; and that "trump lives rent free into my head", as if thousands of morons in your condition didn't already wear out that lame catchphrase years ago.

[Pterodon]

Look at the rant you went on about guns lol. My original statement is factual and you’re pissed because you can’t deny it. Every democrat does their very best to take my weapons which are a constitutional right. Now who is the true dictators? Not only do you want to take my guns but you also don’t want to uphold the constitution either

[AgentG111]

Nope, he's a President of the United States of America!

[lightbulb27]

to some degree yes. he's very controlling.

[abc3643]

He's a "WANNABE dictator".

[AviatorTom]

Nope, nuff said

[FunkyMonkee]

Absolutely not!! Why would you even ask?

[CupcakeTheDestroyer]

Yes, very much so

[loveslongnails]

Technically? No. Ipso facto... Yes.

[slatyb]

He wants to be.

[robocop666]

Nope but I think he would like to be one

[Anonymous]

Nah but Kier Starmer now that's a dictator

[LiamS95]

Nohe's not.

[Summeroflove]

No lmao.

[Summeroflove]

Maybe over Venezuela

[Badwomen]

That’s what it seems

[Summeroflove]

Fine by me