00:00I am not a dictator.
00:03I'm not a dictator.
00:05Same sentiment, completely different to Tom Burke.
00:08I'm the president, so...
00:09I'm a man with great common sense and a smart person.
00:13So why does the split screen have so much of Washington taking a pause?
00:17For President Barack Obama, it was a moment of humility.
00:19Mitch McConnell or John Boehner say we need to go to catch a plane.
00:24I can't have Secret Service block the doorway.
00:27But for President Donald Trump, it was a flex.
00:29He's a dictator.
00:30He's a dictator.
00:31A lot of people are saying maybe we like a dictator.
00:34In New York is...
00:36In the last week alone,
00:37Trump has dispatched roving armed patrols of Washington.
00:41And he has suggested Chicago and New York are next.
00:44He has sacked the office of the first term national security advisor,
00:47turned president critic, tried to fire the Federal Reserve governor,
00:50a move destined to face the test in courts.
00:53He once again detained an immigrant who was wrongfully expelled to El Salvador,
00:57ordered a wide-ranging review of the Smithsonian museums and exhibitions.
01:01He may even rename the Kennedy Center in his honor.
01:04And just for good measure, the Trump administration announced it was taking
01:07an $11 billion piece of chipmaker intel on behalf of the American people.
01:12During the early leg of his campaign in 2023, he hinted his dictatorship would be efficient.
01:19He says, you're not going to be a dictator, are you?
01:21I said, no, no, no, other than day one.
01:23We're closing the border and we're drilling, drilling, drilling.
01:26After that, I'm not a dictator.
01:28Obama was mocking his critics when he said that he was no dictator.
01:31Trump, he was trolling.
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