SherBeareth<p>Dictators gonna’ dick.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/digby" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>digby</span></a></p><p>Lest anyone think that Donald Trump is the only president to muse about the benefits of a dictatorship, recall that the previous GOP president, George W. Bush, did as well. Following a meeting with congressional leaders in 2000 he said, “I told [them] that there are going to be some times where we don’t agree with each other, but that’s OK. If this were a dictatorship, it would be a heck of a lot easier — just so long as I’m the dictator.”</p><p><a href="https://www.salon.com/2025/08/29/dont-be-fooled-by-trumps-dictatorship-jokes/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">salon.com/2025/08/29/dont-be-f</span><span class="invisible">ooled-by-trumps-dictatorship-jokes/</span></a></p>