‘Sometimes You Need a Dictator,’ Trump Says Following Threats to Cancel Election | Common Dreams
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"Sometimes you need a dictator," said President Donald Trump during a speech at Davos in front of a room of world leaders, just days after he threatened to "cancel" the 2026 election.

After weeks of authoritarian threats to crush protests with the military, cancel elections, conquer foreign countries, and send masked agents door-to-door to round up anyone who can’t prove their citizenship, Trump on Wednesday told an already uneasy room full of world leaders that “sometimes you need a dictator.”

The offhanded comment came in the middle of a rambling speech at the reception dinner for the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Wednesday, in which Trump congratulated himself on a different rambling speech he’d given earlier that day at the summit.

“We had a good speech, we got great reviews. I can’t believe it, we got good reviews on that speech,” Trump said of the widely mocked address in which he continued to demand the US take over Greenland (which he repeatedly referred to as “Iceland”) and made new tariff threats against Canada and Europe if they resist the annexation.

  • innermachine@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    I don’t think the NRA cares of Dems or repubs buy their guns, hell if we all start to shoot each other well all buy more guns and bullets!

      • skisnow@lemmy.caEnglish
        5·
        15 hours ago

        Yes, but even worse, they’re also arms industry funded. Their objective is to sell guns, not protect against tyranny.

      • andros_rex@lemmy.world
        5·
        21 hours ago

        You are thinking about what happened with Marina Butina.

        The NRA was founded as a pretty reasonable organization - here’s a quote from their president, Karl Frederick, in 1934:

        I have never believed in the general practice of carrying weapons. I seldom carry one. I have when I felt it was desirable to do so for my own protection. I know that applies in most of the instances where guns are used effectively in self-defense or in places of business and in the home. I do not believe in the general promiscuous toting of guns. I think it should be sharply restricted and only under licenses.

        It got taken over by Birchers and racists in the 1970’s, being rational and non partisan for most of its life before them.

      • innermachine@lemmy.world
        31·
        1 day ago

        Nope they are an American organization. Now in 2016 Russia pumped some cash into our politics, and did so through the NRA which is where I think that comes from. Back I nthe day NRA was actually a good org, focused on gun safety, education, training. Now their a bullshit political group basically. My grandfather was a lifetime NRA member and denounced his membership almost 20 years ago because they got so far away from their roots and he couldn’t bear it anymore.