Fox News Insists Trump’s ‘Dictator’ Threat Was One Big Joke
Donald J. Trump’s declaration Tuesday night that he would be a “dictator” only on “Day One” of his presidency wasn’t to be taken seriously, Fox News host Jesse Watters insisted Wednesday.
“It’s only a dictatorship for one day, guys,” Watters began, chuckling. “He’ll just sit and sign executive orders like Biden did.”
Trump, Watters claimed, “knows exactly what he is doing.”
“He’s teasing the press and they just took the bait,” he claimed, before playing clips of two MSNBC contributors who—unlike Watters—were not taking Trump lightly.
“Look how unhappy these people look. MSNBC needs to relax. And don’t you dare laugh at Trump’s jokes. They aren’t funny,” the Fox host said, before going to another round of clips, this time from the rival network’s Morning Joe show.
I don't think it was a joke as much as I think he doesn't really know what a dictator is. He just heard it a lot and said it because it sounds cool. Pretty confident that's how he uses most words.
I wish what you said was true, But I think he knows exactly what a dictator is and craves the power that they have.
He reads Hitler's speeches, FFS. If he doesn't know what a dictator is, then I question his basic literacy.
But the way I see it, he only craves the power insomuch as it gets him more money and fame. The power is the means to his ends.