What Are “They” Afraid That a “Dictator”/President Trump Might Do? – Victor Davis Hanson

As Joe Biden’s political viability implodes, the exasperated Left has yet a new narrative: front-runner Trump and his extremist/semi-fascist/Ultra MAGA 160 million are out for “revenge” and “retribution—and that Trump might well become a “dictator” and “trample” the Constitution. Ok, let’s examine what a supposed dictator Trump might do if he were to be elected this November? 1) Will he hide the fact that in 2024 he attempted to hire a foreign ex-spy to work with Russian sources to create a fake anti-Biden dossier (while sneakily hiding his payments behind three paywalls), seed it with the media, and hatch lies that Biden was a “Putin poodle” and “Russian asset”? 2) Would a Trump president weaponize a vengeful FBI to begin contracting with X and Facebook to suppress stories he feels will hurt MAGA candidates?

Would his FBI alter FISA warrants to go after his leftwing opponents? Would he and his FBI henchmen have leftwing newspapers blacklisted from X? 3) Would Trump’s future Secretary of State round up 51 right-wing ex-CIA “authorities” to swear and lie on the eve of the balloting that the Russians created the Stormy Daniels nondisclosure agreement? 4) Maybe Trump will get his DOJ to go easy on any future accusations of tax fraud on behalf of his sons by weaponizing the IRS. 5) Maybe Trump will dictatorially cancel student loan debt on the eve of the 2026 midterms. Or would he dare by fiat drain the strategic petroleum reserve merely for Republican advantage in the midterms? 6) Maybe a dictator Trump might appoint a special counsel to investigate the entire Biden family. Continued below the cartoon

Retribution would be justified, but what they’re really afraid of is being exposed and prevented from the corruption so near and dear to them.
It is not enough to not vote Democrat, you must be actively anti-Democrat. pic.twitter.com/QUQFT9jzdo

— Mycological (@MycologicalToo) January 19, 2024

Would his legal counsel consult with local and state Republican prosecutors to coordinate 90 or so more indictments against ex-president Joe Biden? Will he order the FBI to sweep down on one of the Biden residences to hunt for more missing classified files that Biden removed as a senator and vice president? 7) Will he postfacto declare the 2020 riots to be an armed “insurrection” and retroactively start trying, convicting, and jailing the some 14,000 who were arrested and released—on charges of rioting, looting, arson, murder, and assault, in addition to “illegal parading” and conspiracy to burn a federal courthouse, a city police precinct, a historic church? Would dictator Trump keep in preventative detention indefinitely those arrested in 2020 for rioting and violent protest? 8) Maybe dictator Trump will refuse to discuss all medical questions concerning his 78-year age. 9) Will Trump minions in the media and military start talking about rooting out “leftwing rage”, or Antifa and BLM “domestic terrorists” from the military ranks?

Would Trump order the Pentagon to discharge any soldier who refused to get one of his Operation Warp Speed COVID mRNA boosters? 10) Will dictator Trump protect some 500 “sanctuary cities” from ignoring federal laws—as they nullify the endangered species list or federal gun registrations statutes? 11) Would dictator Trump’s America destroy the southern border deliberately and invite in 10 million illegal aliens from countries he thought would ensure new conservative voters? 12 ) Would dictator Trump’s America start seeing red-states removing the names of Democratic candidates from the ballot? 13) Would dictator Trump start jailing ex-Biden officials who refused Republican congressional subpoenas? 14) Would dictator Trump’s America turn over $50 billion in weapons and supplies to terrorists like the Taliban? 15)

Would dictator Trump’s America see an epidemic of big-city lawlessness, as conservative prosecutors deliberately let out felons convicted of smash and grab and car-jacking, and exempted theft and shoplifting from punishment? 16) Would dictator Trump start shaking down foreign governments to send $30 million into the Trump family coffers? 17) Would dictator Trump camp out at Mar-a-Lago for 3-4 days a week, and turn the presidency into a pastime job? So what exactly would a “dictator” Trump do that our “civil libertarian” Joe Biden already has not done? – Victor Davis Hanson

Anything that runs contrary to Leftism is “dictatorship.” Anything that advances Leftism is “democracy.” Even when the policies are roundly rejected by substantial majorities, such as open borders. Like everything the Left touches, words have been degraded or denuded of their actual meaning. So we live at a crossroads between wishful thinking, derangement, and denied reality. The only thing with certainty as it pertains to the upcoming Trump administration is that while at times it will be ineloquent and discourteous, it won’t be anywhere near as bad as the dystopia Biden imposed on America – CDTOM
As usual sir you bring a clear perspective to what the left is doing and how their Ministry of Propaganda, the MSM, portray it … thanks to places like X, and people like you that are capable of reaching the multitudes, a lot of people that were on the fence are seeing the light – Mark Sullivan
Thank you Victor for your amazing irony about all of Biden’s proven deeds which these Jacobins now insist Trump would do if elected!? I had some good professors at the 3 colleges I attended & at Phillips Exeter, but in truth, you surpass them all! Loved your book on WWII as well! – Christopher s Blaise
VDH expresses a slight touch of humor while he breaks down 12 separate categories that Dictator Trump might do once he becomes Pres. Rather than breakdown each one I will say each one is exactly what the Biden Regime is doing today. A excellent description read & worth a repost. – The Invisible Man
I would posit that it’s precisely cuz’ they know Republicans DON’T respond similarly is what emboldens them to get more savage. Knowing there are never repercussions is a BAD thing. Only way to fight a bully is hit back hard. Republicans should pull some of those shenanigans – Rebel Chick

Be sure to check out Victor Davis Hanson’s Page

You know they are intent on collapsing the economy. They are doing everything needed to accomplish America’s destruction, and the continued collapse of the dollar. So protect your family , your 401K, retirement – – – – click below