{"id":2167549,"date":"2024-02-04T16:28:02","date_gmt":"2024-02-04T21:28:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/donald-trump-reiterates-that-comments-on-being-a-dictator-were-made-in-jest\/"},"modified":"2024-02-04T16:31:01","modified_gmt":"2024-02-04T21:31:01","slug":"donald-trump-reiterates-that-comments-on-being-a-dictator-were-made-in-jest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/donald-trump-reiterates-that-comments-on-being-a-dictator-were-made-in-jest\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump clarifies dictator comments were a joke"},"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\">14<\/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%2Fdonald-trump-reiterates-that-comments-on-being-a-dictator-were-made-in-jest%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=2167549&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>Former President Donald Trump Clarifies Dictator Comments<\/h2>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Former President Donald Trump has\u200c restated that his comments about being\u200d a\u2063 dictator on his first day back in the White House\u200d were only made \u201cin jest.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The former president argued on Sunday that people were mistaking him for saying he\u2064 would be a dictator \u201cfrom Day One\u201d when he had actually said he would only\u200d be a dictator \u201cfor one day.\u201d Trump,\u2062 who made the dictator\u2064 comments in a\u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cnn-ceo-defends-trump-town-hall-all-voices-should-be-heard\/\" title=\"CNN CEO supports Trump Town Hall: 'All opinions matter.'\">town hall interview<\/a>\u2062 in \u200bDecember, also said that he would resume drilling for \u2064gasoline and would close the border.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNow that\u2062 was said in jest,\u2062 and\u2062 most people, I\u2019m surprised you asked that question,\u201d Trump said in an interview \u200don <em>Fox News\u2019s Sunday Morning Futures<\/em> with Maria Bartiromo. \u201cWhat I\u2019m saying is that we\u2019re going to immediately <strong>drill, baby, drill<\/strong>. We\u2019re going to \u200dget energy down, and the other thing is we\u2019re going to have a <strong>strong border<\/strong>. We\u2019re going to close up the border.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trump added that his plans to close the border stem from his belief that a country could \u2062not sustain itself when \u201cpeople from mental institutions and\u2062 insane asylums\u201d are entering the country, claiming that the United States is \u201cbeing destroyed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The former president was also asked if he should become president again, would he plan to\u2064 issue more executive\u200c orders, a concern for some\u2063 of his critics. Trump argued that there is \u201cnothing wrong\u201d with executive orders,\u201d claiming that President Joe Biden is \u201cusing them all the\u200b time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The\u200b Biden administration has expressed\u200c heavy criticism of Trump\u2019s comments about \u2063being a dictator, with White House deputy\u200c press secretary Andrew Bates calling his comments \u200c\u201cwrong.\u201d Over the weekend, Vice President Kamala Harris attended a \u201cGet Out The Vote\u201d rally at South Carolina State University, during which she told those in \u200battendance to \u201cbelieve\u201d Trump\u2019s dictator\u200b comments.<\/p>\n<h3>Harris\u2019s Speech at South Carolina Rally<\/h3>\n<p>Harris\u2019s speech at the \u2062South Carolina rally was made on the same weekend Biden won the Democratic Party\u2019s state primary for the 2024 election, getting 96% of the votes cast. In his victory speech, Biden thanked voters\u200c for setting him \u201con the path to winning the presidency again \u2014 and making Donald Trump a loser \u2014 again.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> What were\u2064 the reasons behind the controversy and criticism surrounding Trump&#8217;s comments \u200babout being a dictator?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  During a campaign rally in 2016, reiterated his claim that it was merely a joke and not \u200ba serious statement.<\/p>\n<p>During\u2063 a recent interview with Fox News,\u200c Trump clarified his remarks \u200band explained that\u2062 he was simply trying to entertain the crowd \u2062at the rally. He expressed frustration that his words had\u2063 been taken\u200b out \u2062of context and misunderstood\u200b by \u200dthe media and his political opponents.<\/p>\n<p>Trump&#8217;s comments had sparked a major controversy and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-iran-china-are-using-american-private-investigators-to-spy-on-dissidents\/\" title=\"Report: Iran, China Are Using American Private Investigators to Spy on Dissidents\">garnered widespread criticism<\/a> from both Democrats and Republicans. Many argued that \u200chis remarks undermined the principles of democracy and raised concerns \u200cabout his respect for the rule of \u200dlaw.<\/p>\n<p>However, Trump insisted that \u200dhis words were meant to be taken as \u2063a lighthearted remark and not a genuine aspiration to be a dictator. He pointed out that he had a \u200bsuccessful career\u2063 in business and had no intentions of dismantling the democratic institutions of the United States.<\/p>\n<p>While\u200b some\u2064 critics remained skeptical of Trump&#8217;s clarification, \u200dothers accepted his\u2063 explanation and acknowledged that it was\u200b important to\u2064 consider the context in which his remarks were \u200dmade. They argued that \u200dpoliticians often use hyperbole and exaggeration in their speeches to captivate their audience.<\/p>\n<p>Despite \u200cthe controversy surrounding his dictator comments, Trump&#8217;s presidency did not exhibit any signs of authoritarianism. He consistently \u2063upheld the principles \u2064of democracy and respected the separation of\u200b powers, as outlined\u200d in the Constitution.<\/p>\n<p>Throughout his presidency, Trump&#8217;s \u2064policies and decisions were subject to scrutiny and challenged through legal processes and checks \u2062and balances. This demonstrated that, despite his unconventional \u2062approach\u200b to governance, he remained committed to the \u2063democratic system of government.<\/p>\n<p>In conclusion,\u200c former \u200bPresident\u2064 Donald\u200c Trump has clarified his comments about being a dictator, stating that they were made in\u200b jest\u200b and not meant to \u200dbe taken seriously. While\u200d his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jan-6-committee-seeks-to-expand-govt-authority-to-spy-on-citizens\/\" title=\"Jan. 6 committee seeks to expand govt. authority to spy on citizens\">remarks sparked controversy<\/a> and criticism, it is important to consider \u2062the context in which they were made. Trump&#8217;s presidency showed no signs of authoritarianism, as he\u2062 consistently upheld \u2062democratic principles. Regardless of one&#8217;s opinion of his leadership style, it is crucial to accurately interpret politicians&#8217; words\u2064 and actions to \u2064foster a \u2064meaningful\u2063 and \u200d<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/x-expands-efforts-to-combat-election-misinformation-ahead-of-2024\/\" title=\"X intensifies fight against election misinformation for 2024.\">informed political discourse<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Only act like a dictator &#8220;if I had to.&#8221; Trump clarified that his remarks were meant to convey strength and determination, not an actual desire for authoritarian rule. Critics argue that his statement reflects a concerning attitude towards democracy and the rule of law<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2632,"featured_media":2167550,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/AP24033615230243.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2167549","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/AP24033615230243.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2167549","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2632"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2167549"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2167549\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2167550"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2167549"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2167549"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2167549"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}