{"id":189523,"date":"2023-12-06T03:55:59","date_gmt":"2023-12-06T03:55:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsneednews.com\/?p=189523"},"modified":"2023-12-06T03:55:59","modified_gmt":"2023-12-06T03:55:59","slug":"trump-refuses-to-rule-out-being-a-dictator-only-on-day-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsneednews.com\/world-news\/trump-refuses-to-rule-out-being-a-dictator-only-on-day-one\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump REFUSES to rule out being &apos;a DICTATOR&apos; &#8211; &apos;only on Day One&apos;"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1> Donald Trump REFUSES to rule out being &#8216;a DICTATOR&#8217;: Tells Sean Hannity he may get revenge on his enemies on &#8216;Day One&#8217; &#8211; after dodging question about abusing the law to &#8216;go after people&#8217;<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>The Fox News host said critics &#8216;want to call you a dictator&#8217;<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>He asked if Trump would promise to &#8216;never abuse power as retribution&#8217;\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8216;Except for Day One,&#8217; Trump responded, then spoke about oil drilling\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Former President Donald Trump refused in a prime time town hall to rule out abusing power to go after his critics \u2013 saying he he wouldn&#8217;t do it &#8216;except for Day One&#8217; \u2013 when given multiple opportunities to forswear plans for vengeance or a power grab.<\/p>\n<p>Trump made the extraordinary statements after Fox News host Sean Hannity questioned him directly on some of the worst charges from his critics \u2013 that he planned to &#8216;abuse power&#8217; or use the justice system to take down his political rivals, and pointing out that some want to call him &#8216;a dictator.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;To be clear, do you in any way have any plans whatsoever if reelected president to abuse power, to break the law to use the government to go after people,&#8217; Hannity asked him.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;You mean like they\u2019re using right now?&#8217; Trump responded, without answering the question directly.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/06\/03\/78625823-12830501-image-a-25_1701832508168.jpg\" height=\"425\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Except for Day One,&#8217; former President Donald Trump said when Fox News host Sean Hannity asked him to rule out abusing power<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;So in the history of our country? What&#8217;s happened to us again, has never happened before. Over nonsense over nothing made up charges,&#8217; Trump said, returning to a refrain about being indicted more times (four) than infamous Chicago mobster Al Capone.<\/p>\n<p>After Trump pivoted to other subjects in the sit-down interview, Hannity came back to the topic, after earlier playing a famous Trump clip telling supporters &#8216;I am your retribution.&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;You are promising America tonight you would never abuse power as retribution?&#8217; Hannity asked the former president, who is leading President Joe Biden in a series of polls.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Except for Day One,&#8217; Trump answered.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Meaning?&#8217; Hannity asked him.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0&#8216;I want to close the border and I want to drill, drill, drill.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;That&#8217;s not retribution,&#8217; Hannity pointed out.<\/p>\n<p>Then Trump tried to get a laugh out of the line.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;He says: You&#8217;re not going to be a dictator. I said &#8220;no, no, no \u2013 other than Day One. We&#8217;re closing the border. And we&#8217;re drilling, drilling, drilling. After that I&#8217;m not a dictator.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>A Biden-Harris account tweeted out the clip, appending the line, &#8216;Trump: I will be a dictator on day one.&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/06\/02\/78625567-12830501-image-a-11_1701829956675.jpg\" height=\"440\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Trump didn&#8217;t respond directly when Hannity asked him to promise &#8216;you would never abuse power&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/06\/03\/78625771-12830501-image-a-27_1701832530946.jpg\" height=\"357\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Trump made the comment to Hannity in a televised town hall that aired in prime time. He is skipping Wednesday&#8217;s GOP presidential debate in Alabama<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/06\/03\/78626627-12830501-image-a-30_1701834270022.jpg\" height=\"452\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The Biden campaign made hay out of Trump&#8217;s comments about &#8216;Day One&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Hannity queried Trump about his plans after after playing a clip of former House Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) called the threat of a Trump dictatorship &#8216;a very real threat.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Cheney, who served on the House January 6 committee and who is promoting a new book, said Monday that the 2024 election might &#8216;be the last election that you ever get to vote in&#8217; if Trump wins.<\/p>\n<p>Hannity himself gave a boost to some of the claims that Trump and his GOP allies have been making about his prosecution, putting up a graphic about a &#8216;politicized and weaponized&#8217; Justice Department.<\/p>\n<p>Trump is facing 91 counts in four criminal indictments, with his D.C. trial on his election overturn effort set to begin March 4, a day before Super Tuesday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Biden-Harris campaign pounced on the comment with a statement from Campaign Manager Julie Chavez Rodriguez.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Donald Trump has been telling us exactly what he will do if he\u2019s reelected and tonight he said he will be a dictator on day one. Americans should believe him,&#8217; she said.<\/p>\n<p>Hannity also asked him about Biden&#8217;s comment Tuesday that &#8216;if Trump wasn&#8217;t running, I&#8217;m not sure I&#8217;d be running.&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Somebody gave him a talking point,&#8217; Trump said, dismissing the comment.<\/p>\n<p>Both Trump and Hannity accused Biden of suffering cognitive decline.<\/p>\n<p>Trump also appeared to predict a Chinese invasion of Taiwan.<\/p>\n<p>He did so after repeating his claim that Russian President Vladimir Putin would not have invaded Ukraine if he were president.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I used to speak to Putin about it. It was the apple of his eye \u2013 Ukraine,&#8217; Trump said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I said don\u2019t do it,&#8217; Trump claimed, suggesting a threat.<\/p>\n<p>He said Putin &#8216;believed me 10 per cent,&#8217; which was enough to deter him.<\/p>\n<p>Then he turned to Chinese President Xi Jinping, saying they &#8216;had the same exact conversation.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;He\u2019s looking at Taiwan very strongly. It would have never happened. And again for four years, it didn&#8217;t happen, and it was never going to happen.\u00a0It would have never happened &#8230;\u00a0And now it\u2019s very possibly going to happen, which would be a shame,&#8217; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Trump went after Biden when Hannity teed up a question about Biden &#8216;struggling cognitively.&#8217; He also played a clip with awkward pauses in Biden remarks.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;He wasn&#8217;t able to lift the beach chair, which is meant for children to lift,&#8217; said Trump. &#8216;And mentally, I would say he&#8217;s possibly equally as bad and maybe worse. I don&#8217;t know. I will say this: He&#8217;s got vicious people surrounding him around that beautiful Oval Office.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Trump sat with Hannity in Davenport, Iowa, promising &#8216;We&#8217;ll be blitzing&#8217; during the last few weeks before the Iowa Caucuses.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;We\u2019re not taking any chances. We don\u2019t want to take any chances,&#8217; Trump said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It came days after Hannity hosted a debate between Trump&#8217;s primary rival, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, and California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D).<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Considering that he didn&#8217;t have the facts, I thought he did well,&#8217; Trump said of Hannity.<\/p>\n<p>He took a few shots at DeSantis, calling him &#8216;deSanctimonious.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>He tried to stir the pot by saying Vice President Kamala Harris would be &#8216;the one, the odds to beat&#8217; in the event Biden ended his campaign.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;They say if they didn&#8217;t give it to her, the African American vote, the black vote, would not go to them,&#8217; Trump said.<\/p>\n<p>The interview came 24 hours before the fourth Republican presidential debate in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Trump is skipping it, although DeSantis and other rivals said he should attend.<\/p>\n<p>Trump is instead holding a fundraiser in Miami.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Trump, 77, also said he doesn&#8217;t think Biden, 81, will make it to 2024.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I personally don&#8217;t think he makes it, okay?&#8217; Trump told Hannity.<\/p>\n<p>Trump brought up Biden&#8217;s 2018 comment that\u00a0 &#8216;I could take him behind the gym,&#8217; commenting on giving Trump a beating over his infamous &#8216;Access Hollywood&#8217; comments about grabbing women by the genitals.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I think he&#8217;s in bad shape physically. Do you remember when he said, I&#8217;d like to take him behind the barn?&#8217; Trump said, substituting barn for gym.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;He could say that and everyone thought it was so cute. If I ever said they&#8217;d say, &#8220;He&#8217;s a dictator!&#8221;&#8216; Trump complained.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-12830501\/Donald-Trump-REFUSES-rule-DICTATOR-Tells-Sean-Hannity-revenge-enemies-Day-One-dodging-question-abusing-law-people.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Donald Trump REFUSES to rule out being &#8216;a DICTATOR&#8217;: Tells Sean Hannity he may get revenge on his enemies on<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":189522,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Trump REFUSES to rule out being &amp;apos;a DICTATOR&amp;apos; - &amp;apos;only on Day One&amp;apos; - News Need News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/newsneednews.com\/world-news\/trump-refuses-to-rule-out-being-a-dictator-only-on-day-one\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Trump REFUSES to rule out being &amp;apos;a DICTATOR&amp;apos; 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