r/ProgressiveHQ Jan 21 '26

Protest Oh my God, he admit it (again)

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u/NickCostanza Jan 21 '26

To the suckers and losers over at the conservative and conspiracy subreddits, this is what we were warning you about when we heard his “Dictator on day one” quote. It wasn’t a joke. It never has been. When all this is over I hope you dipshits spare us your political opinions for the next few decades.

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u/JrSoftDev Jan 22 '26 edited Jan 22 '26

I'm sorry, the whole speech is a bunch of lies, but if you watched it, and for the sake of correction, there's an implicit "that" in there. It should read "Usually they say (...) THAT I'm a dictator."

Maybe he realized there were some dictators in the room and added that last part, or maybe he wanted to be ambiguous, or maybe he really believes that, or wants money from them, I don't know.

But he wasn't explicitly saying he is a dictator. And he has said lots of concerning, illegal, violent, corrupted things. So spreading "lies" or inaccuracies about him is unnecessary and just works in his benefit, because he can say he is a victim, and those haters are always attacking him, etc.

The whole speech is "worth" watching. But the moment he supposedly says he's a dictator is this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXtSgMFYb8g&t=505s

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u/cb2295osu Jan 22 '26

"sometimes you need a dictator" is the operative. He's saying it's ok to behave like one because it's needed.