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Left-rated outlets and columnists are extensively reporting on a comment made last week by former president and 2024 GOP frontrunner Donald Trump about being a “dictator” if he wins back the White House. What exactly did he say?

Trump’s Words: During a town hall last week with Fox News (Right bias), Trump was asked if he would “abuse power as retribution against anybody” if he wins in 2024. Trump responded that he would not, “except for day one.” When pressed, Trump added, “We are closing the border and we are drilling, drilling, drilling. After that I am not a dictator, OK?”

From the Left: A writer in The Atlantic (Left bias) said the comment “is a remarkable enough admission—practically every president abuses his power in some way, but few boast about it. It’s not unusual for political candidates to accuse their opponents of being would-be fascists or authoritarians … What is unusual, and in fact crazy, is for the rival to respond: Yeah, you bet I will.”

From the Right: A writer in Townhall (Right bias) pushed back on criticism of Trump’s comments, stating, “Reality is irrelevant to deranged Trump haters.” The writer argued that “None of President Trump’s second-term agenda is illegal or unconstitutional. It is ludicrous to label his legitimate and popular goals as dictatorial,” adding that Trump’s opponents “are convinced such hyperbole is their best hope of stopping Trump 2.0. They desperately want to scare voters into electing Biden again.”

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Donald Trump, the former president of the United States who tried to steal the 2020 election, says he’ll be a dictator on day one of a second term.

That’s not the rhetorical excess of the mainstream press, nor is it the cynical spin of a political rival. It’s just what Trump said.

During a town hall in Iowa last night, Fox News’s Sean Hannity tossed Trump what ought to have been a softball question. “Under no circumstances, you are promising America tonight, you would never abuse power as retribution against anybody?” Hannity asked. “Except for day one,” Trump replied.

Former President Trump on Saturday appeared to double down on remarks he made about whether he would abuse power or serve as a “dictator” if reelected to the White House, reiterating that he only wants to be a “dictator for one day” in order to secure the southern border and begin drilling in the U.S.

It is looking bleak for President Joe Biden and the Democrats. All the latest polls show Biden losing to President Donald Trump in a rematch of the 2020 election.

For example, the new Wall Street Journal poll shows Trump leading Biden 47-43%. It is Trump’s first lead over Biden in this poll. When third party candidates, such as Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., are included, Trump’s lead increases to a six point margin. Not only is Biden losing to Trump in the poll, but he is also suffering from the worst approval rating of his presidency at only 37%.