Jan 04, 2024 -
Donald Trump is expected to announce he will stand for a second term as president in 2024 writes The Week.
Spurred on by the FBI raid on his Mar-a-Lago home,
A week ago, during an Iowa town hall meeting, Trump confirmed in his typical bombastic manner that he indeed intends to be a dictator, albeit, he claims, just for one day. Trump worshippers have been quick to dismiss his comment as an off-the-cuff remark that Trump was joking; that he made the tongue-in-cheek statement solely to bait, trigger whining liberals and the media. Trump was not joking. Trump was not being his usual blowhard. Trump meant every word; except he fudged on the time span. Trump’s own words and actions confirm his dictatorial ambitions. However, the calamities Trump has in store for the nation, for our Democracy, cannot be accomplished in just one day. It will take months, years to wreak the havoc he has in mind. Furthermore, dictators do not limit their reign to one day, nor devote their abuse of power to a couple of issues. Just as Trump cannot stop at one Big Mac, at one Diet Coke, at one tweet, at one lie, at one grievance, at one vile insult, at one act
As Donald Trump's rhetoric grows increasingly menacing and threatening, experts are again sounding the alarm.It's been weeks since Special Counsel Jack Smith asked U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan to impose a narrow limitation on the ex-president in the case charging him with attempting to overturn.