"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.'"

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

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

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…

"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.'"