Donald Trump Says: “They Say I’m A Dictator… Sometimes You Need A Dictator”
Another day, another utterance that would have most other Presidents facing impeachment, as Trump took to the stage in Davos and told the room “sometimes you need a dictator.”
For context: He was talking about how apparently well-received one of his prior speeches was, and how usually people accuse him of being a dictator, but that they didn’t say that this time. However, he apparently believes that sometimes a dictatorship is necessary:
Now, you can’t take too much of what Trump says at face value because he often just waffles on and on and says things to try to be funny, but it’s probably not a good idea to say “sometimes you need a dictator” when your critics accuse you of being exactly that. Saying the quite part out loud maybe?
And especially at a time where ICE agents are shooting American civilians in the face and people are being banned from entering the United States just for saying mean things about you online.
Here’s a transcript of the speech in full via Snopes:
So, it’s been, it’s been really amazing. And you are the people that made it happen. Really, largely it’s you. It’s you and a group of others. Not a lot more. I mean, the people here, I guess because of Larry, the people that came to this event, it’s really incredible. I wasn’t sure how it was going to turn out. We had somebody, as you know, that ran it for many, many years, and I’m not sure what happened there, but I figured, well, that’s all right. They had a hell of a run in Davos. Then, I heard Larry was taking it over, more or less, and he called me. He said, “Would you do me a favor? Would you be there?” And we’ve had some great business dealings together and being here. He’s a great, he’s one of, he’s one of you. He’s one of the greats. And it was an honor.
We had a, we had a good speech. We got great reviews. I can’t believe it. We got good reviews in that speech. Usually they say, “He’s a horrible dictator-type person. I’m a dictator.” But sometimes you need a dictator. But they didn’t say that in this case. And no, it’s common sense. It’s all based on common sense. You know, it’s not conservative or liberal or anything else. It’s mostly, I’d say, 95% common sense, and that’s what we have.
So, I just want to thank everybody for being here. It’s such an honor. And, if we can ever help, you’re going to let me know. And I have a pretty direct line. Marco Rubio’s here, too. He’s done a fantastic job as secretary of state. He’ll go down as maybe the best secretary of state if he keeps going like he’s going. That’s a big question. I don’t know that he will, but for the first year, he’s right, he’s headed to the top. And I just want to thank everybody very much for being here. Thank you very much. Take care of yourselves. Thank you.
For the time King Jong-un forced everyone with the same name as his daughter to change theirs, click HERE. At least Trump isn’t that bad eh?
