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Trump says he'll be a dictator only 'on day one' if elected (www.rte.ie)
submitted 10 months ago by M0oP0o@mander.xyz to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/9210722

Donald Trump has said that he will not become a dictator if he becomes US president again except "on day one", after warnings from Democrats and some Republicans that the US was in danger of becoming an autocracy if he wins the 2024 election. Fuck, well at least he's honest on this statement

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[-] Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world 53 points 10 months ago

Wasn't expecting to be hit with the tyrannical equivalent of "Just the tip!" today, lol.

[-] zib@kbin.social 16 points 10 months ago

We get to have a little dictatorship as a treat.

[-] badbytes@lemmy.world 8 points 10 months ago

Like an appetizer

[-] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 3 points 10 months ago

If that's the appetizer, I'm not sure I want the main course...

[-] M0oP0o@mander.xyz 9 points 10 months ago

Come on its just a hint of a police state

[-] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 5 points 10 months ago

An authoritarian spritz, if you will

[-] AtariDump@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

How was I supposed to know you were lactose intolerant?

[-] Pat_Riot@lemmy.today 47 points 10 months ago

Every day will be day one

[-] M0oP0o@mander.xyz 27 points 10 months ago

ha, tomorrow you can have democracy. Too bad tomorrow is always a day away.

[-] Pat_Riot@lemmy.today 8 points 10 months ago

It's like Groundhog Day but not funny.

[-] M0oP0o@mander.xyz 4 points 10 months ago

Oh that would be a great 3rd movie.

[-] jol@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 10 months ago

He will abolish the calendar.

[-] cybervseas@lemmy.world 9 points 10 months ago

Just like every week was infrastructure week.

[-] sirdorius@programming.dev 2 points 10 months ago

In an unrelated note, Trump embraces Amazon's "It's always day 1 culture"

[-] Tosti@feddit.nl 47 points 10 months ago

Seems legit. I never knew you could just do limited versions. So like:

  • One day dictator
  • Just a little genocide
  • Racist against a single group.
  • Limited war

I was watching Chris Christie on stage in the GOP debate being the sensible person. What the actual F....

[-] bfg9k@lemmy.world 11 points 10 months ago

special military operation

[-] Tylerdurdon@lemmy.world 35 points 10 months ago

Come on guys, don't you trust him? He seems like such a trustworthy fella.

[-] RestrictedAccount@lemmy.world 8 points 10 months ago

He who has the best words meant

From the first first day

[-] NoneSoVile@lemmy.world 8 points 10 months ago

He just needs to get a quick Night of the long Knives in and then he'll totally stop being a dictator.

[-] sirdorius@programming.dev 6 points 10 months ago

He was actually referring to a Venus day

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