You're not going to be a dictator, are you? I said no, other than day one. Very simply, if you rob a store, you can fully expect to be shot as you are leaving that store. We will root out the communists, Marxists, fascists, and the radical left thugs that live like vermin within the confines of our country.Īnd we will immediately stop all of the pillaging and theft. Co-author of "The Authoritarian Playbook for 2025: How an authoritarian president will dismantle our democracy and what we can do to protect it." TranscriptĭONALD TRUMP: I have an Article II, where I have the right to do whatever I want as president. Genevieve Nadeau, counsel and head of the defending against authoritarian threats team at Protect Democracy. Co-author of "The Authoritarian Playbook for 2025: How an authoritarian president will dismantle our democracy and what we can do to protect it." GuestsĪisha Woodward, head of constraining executive power team and policy strategist at Protect Democracy, a non-profit, nonpartisan anti-authoritarianism group. Today, On Point: An examination of the promises, powers and plans of a second Trump presidency. Vásquez/AP)ĭonald Trump has openly admired authoritarians around the world.
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