The president has engaged in authoritarian discourse plenty of times before.

The president has engaged in authoritarian discourse plenty of times before.

The president has engaged in authoritarian discourse plenty of times before.

Trump complained that he was not getting credit for his National Guard-backed crackdown on crime and immigration in the US capital.

WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump on Monday suggested Americans would like a dictator as he signed orders to tighten his federal clampdown on the capital Washington and to…

Talking about people who have called him a dictator, he said: 'They say 'we don't need him. Freedom, freedom. He's a dictator. He's a dictator.' A lot of people are saying:

US President Donald Trump on Monday suggested many Americans would like a dictator as he signed orders to tighten his federal clampdown on the capital...

"So the line is that I’m a dictator, but I stop crime," the president said Tuesday. "So a lot of people say, you know, 'If that’s the case, I’d rather have a dictator.'"