{"id":2116738,"date":"2023-12-05T18:07:02","date_gmt":"2023-12-05T23:07:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-media-are-melting-down-about-a-trump-dictatorship-its-2016-all-over-again\/"},"modified":"2023-12-05T18:10:39","modified_gmt":"2023-12-05T23:10:39","slug":"the-media-are-melting-down-about-a-trump-dictatorship-its-2016-all-over-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-media-are-melting-down-about-a-trump-dictatorship-its-2016-all-over-again\/","title":{"rendered":"Media in frenzy over Trump&#8217;s &#8216;dictatorship&#8217; &#8211; d\u00e9j\u00e0 vu of 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fthe-media-are-melting-down-about-a-trump-dictatorship-its-2016-all-over-again%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2116738&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>The \u2062Supposed Threat of\u2062 Trumpian Autocracy: \u200cA Recurring Narrative<\/h2>\n<div>\n<figure><figcaption>(Getty \u2064images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>The \u200cmedia is once again \u200csounding the alarm about the supposed threat of Trumpian autocracy. However, it&#8217;s important to note\u2064 that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-dccc-to-recruit-senior-campaign-staffers-based-on-race-sexuality\/\" title=\"Report: DCCC to Recruit Senior Campaign Staffers Based on Race, Sexuality\">similar warnings<\/a> \u2063were issued in 2016, and \u2062America \u200dremains a free country.<\/p>\n<p>During the\u200b GOP \u200cpresidential primary polls, the <em>Washington Post<\/em> expressed fear of\u200c a\u2062 &#8220;looming \u200ddictatorship&#8221; under \u2064former president Donald \u200cTrump. CNN anticipated his &#8220;purges&#8221; of civil \u200bsociety, while the <em>New York Times<\/em> predicted his\u200d vengeance \u2062on political adversaries. The <em>Atlantic<\/em> even dedicated an \u200centire issue to the threat a second term posed to American democracy. On\u2063 MSNBC, \u2063host Joe Scarborough went as far as calling\u2063 Trump an &#8220;authoritarian&#8221; who \u2062would \u200c&#8221;imprison and execute&#8221; his opponents, and former senator Claire McCaskill claimed he would be &#8220;even more dangerous&#8221; than\u200d Adolf Hitler.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Flashback:<\/strong> Interestingly,\u2064 the same outlets and commentators expressed similar concerns about a \u200bMAGA monarchy before\u2064 Trump was elected president in 2016.<\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Claire McCaskill slams Donald Trump: &#8220;He thinks this is a dictatorship&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ALQZnBW5uI\">https:\/\/t.co\/ALQZnBW5uI<\/a> via\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Morning_Joe?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Morning_Joe<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Decision2016?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Decision2016<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wHrWwGKO9M\">pic.twitter.com\/wHrWwGKO9M<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 MSNBC (@MSNBC)\u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MSNBC\/status\/784453413832691713?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 7, 2016<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/in-trumps-threat-to-jail-clinton-some-see-the-makings-of-an-american-dictator\/2016\/10\/12\/8691b41c-8fe5-11e6-9c85-ac42097b8cc0_story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Washington\u2062 Post<\/em><\/a>, Oct. 12, 2016: &#8220;&#8216;Donald Trump \u2062Will Protect You&#8217;: Some Fear He Is Running To Be a Dictator&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>The populist candidacy that upended the \u200bGOP order \u2064and\u200b has torn through many of the norms of American \u200dpolitics\u2064 is now raising \u200da concern among critics in both \u200dparties: that Trump is, in effect, \u2064running \u200dto be a \u2063strongman\u200d with\u200d dictatorial powers.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2016\/10\/11\/us\/politics\/donald-trump-hillary-clinton-special-prosecutor.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York Times<\/a><\/em>, Oct. 10, 2016: &#8220;Threat To Jail \u200dClinton Smacks\u200d of &#8216;Tin-Pot Dictators,&#8217; Experts Say&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>The assertion by Mr. Trump is taking its place in\u200b a litany of \u2064statements he has\u2063 made during the \u2063campaign that many legal specialists have\u2063 portrayed as a threat \u200bto the rule of law. &#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Michael\u200d B.\u200d Mukasey, a former federal\u2063 judge and attorney general in the George W. Bush administration who\u2064 has \u2062criticized Mrs.\u2064 Clinton over the email issue, said that \u2062if Mr. Trump won, Mr. Obama could eliminate the\u2062 threat by preemptively pardoning her. But he likened \u2062Mr. Trump&#8217;s threat to what happens in a &#8220;banana republic.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/politics\/archive\/2016\/08\/american-authoritarianism-under-donald-trump\/495263\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Atlantic<\/em><\/a>, Aug. 10, 2016: &#8220;An American Authoritarian&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Fascism has been\u2063 back in the news with Donald Trump&#8217;s candidacy for the\u2062 American presidency. His populist claim to \u200cspeak \u200cfor\u200c the white everyman, along with his menacing leadership style, have brought forth comparisons among this &#8220;homegrown authoritarian,&#8221; as President Barack Obama has called Trump, and foreign strongmen.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The apocalyptic coverage continued throughout Trump&#8217;s term, with outlets suggesting that even his interior design tastes and criticism of the \u2064Postal Service were signs \u200bof his\u2062 inner dictator.<\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Trump is on a path of despotism <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/pVnNiEJkfG\">https:\/\/t.co\/pVnNiEJkfG<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cxX8ecoamY\">pic.twitter.com\/cxX8ecoamY<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 MSNBC (@MSNBC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MSNBC\/status\/931069354736865280?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 16, 2017<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2019\/11\/26\/politics\/donald-trump-constitution-supreme-court-executive-power\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CNN<\/a>: \u200c&#8221;Judge  <\/p>\n<h2> How has the United States&#8217; resilience, institutions, checks \u2062and \u2064balances, and commitment to \u200cdemocratic principles proven to be strong enough to withstand <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pentagon-orders-military-wide-stand-down-to-address-white-supremacy-extremism-in-ranks\/\" title=\"Pentagon Orders Military-Wide \u2018Stand-Down\u2019 To Address \u2018White Supremacy,\u2019 Extremism In Ranks\">potential threats<\/a> to democracy during Trump&#8217;s presidency<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Supposed\u2063 Threat of Trumpian Autocracy: A Recurring Narrative<\/p>\n<p>(Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p>The media is \u2062once again sounding the alarm about the supposed threat of\u2064 Trumpian autocracy. However, \u2064it&#8217;s important to note that similar warnings were issued in 2016, and America remains a free\u2064 country.<\/p>\n<p>During\u200c the \u200dGOP presidential primary polls, \u200cthe Washington Post expressed fear of \u200ca &#8220;looming \u200cdictatorship&#8221; under\u2062 former president Donald\u2063 Trump. CNN anticipated his &#8220;purges&#8221; of civil society, while \u2064the\u2062 New York Times predicted his vengeance on political\u200d adversaries. The Atlantic even dedicated an entire issue to the\u2063 threat a second \u2064term posed to American democracy. On MSNBC, host Joe Scarborough went as far as calling Trump an \u2064&#8221;authoritarian&#8221; who would \u200d&#8221;imprison and execute&#8221; his opponents, and former senator Claire McCaskill claimed he\u200c would be &#8220;even more dangerous&#8221; than\u200c Adolf Hitler.<\/p>\n<p>Flashback: Interestingly, the same\u2064 outlets and commentators expressed similar concerns about \u2064a MAGA monarchy before\u200b Trump was elected president \u200din 2016.<\/p>\n<p>Claire McCaskill slams Donald\u2063 Trump: &#8220;He thinks this is a dictatorship&#8221; https:\/\/t.co\/ALQZnBW5uI via\u200c @Morning_Joe #Decision2016 pic.twitter.com\/wHrWwGKO9M<\/p>\n<p>\u2014\u200c MSNBC (@MSNBC) October 7,\u200c 2016<\/p>\n<p>Washington\u2062 \u200bPost,\u200d Oct.\u2064 12, 2016: &#8220;&#8216;Donald Trump \u2062Will Protect You&#8217;: Some Fear He Is Running To Be a Dictator&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The \u200cpopulist candidacy that upended the GOP order\u2062 and has \u2063torn through many of\u200b the norms of American \u200bpolitics \u2062is now raising a\u2062 concern\u200c among critics in both parties: that Trump \u200bis, in effect, running to\u200b be a \u2064strongman\u2062 with \u200cdictatorial \u2063powers.<\/p>\n<p>New York Times, Oct. 10, 2016: &#8220;Three Times Donald Trump Suggested Jailing Hillary Clinton&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>These\u200b examples highlight how the media has a recurring \u2062narrative of portraying Trump\u2062 as a \u2062potential autocrat, with claims of impending dictatorship and suppression of political enemies. However, despite these dire predictions,\u2062 Trump&#8217;s presidency did not result in the \u200cerosion of American democracy or the establishment of a Trumpian autocracy.<\/p>\n<p>It \u2062is crucial to recognize that skepticism about \u200bTrump&#8217;s governance \u2063style\u2063 is not inherently unwarranted. Like \u200bany leader, his actions and policies should be analyzed and critiqued. However, the consistent portrayal\u200b of Trump as an imminent threat to democracy\u200c seems to\u200b be more driven by partisan \u200cnarratives and sensationalism\u200b than a genuine assessment\u200d of the situation.<\/p>\n<p>The\u2064 fact that \u2062these \u2064concerns were raised prior to Trump&#8217;s election in 2016, \u200band yet the United\u200b States remains a \u200cfree and democratic nation, should give pause\u200c to \u200bthose who continue to propagate the narrative\u200b of Trumpian autocracy.\u200b The resilience of American institutions,\u2064 the checks and balances in place, and \u2064the commitment to democratic principles by both citizens and public servants have\u200d proven to be strong enough to withstand any potential threats to democracy.<\/p>\n<p>While it is essential to remain\u2063 vigilant and protect the democratic values that underpin the nation, \u2064hyperbolic portrayals of\u200d Trump&#8217;s\u2063 presidency\u200d as an impending autocracy\u200c only serve to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/florida-atlantic-university-gender-studies-professor-arrested-at-pro-hamas-protest\/\" title=\"FAU Gender Studies Professor Arrested at Pro-Hamas Protest\">undermine genuine efforts<\/a> to safeguard democracy \u2064and foster productive political discourse.<\/p>\n<p>In\u2064 conclusion, the supposed threat of\u2062 Trumpian autocracy \u2063is a recurring narrative in\u2064 the media. However, the United States has \u2062weathered these\u2063 concerns in the past, and it continues to be a free \u200cand democratic country. It is important to critically evaluate \u2063the\u200b claims made by the media and recognize \u2063the\u200c enduring strength of American democracy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 2016, the media warned of Trumpian autocracy, but America remains free. As Donald Trump leads GOP primary polls, the Washington Post feared a &#8220;looming dictatorship,&#8221; while CNN anticipated his &#8220;purges&#8221; of civil society. The supposed threat resurfaces, but history suggests otherwise. 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