Trump claims 'maybe we'd like a dictator' as he renews military threat to cities

During a rambling press conference where he jumped from boasting about a World Cup trophy gifted to him to making personal attacks on Democratic governors, Donald Trump once again hinted at a U.S. dictatorship.

With the major players in his Cabinet standing at attention behind him, the president launched into what one critic on MSNBC dismissively called a “tsunami of lies” about what is happening in Washington, D.C., since he militarized the city with at armed patrolling National Guard troops.

Reacting to criticism from lawmakers across the country who don’t want a federal invasion of their major cities, the president claimed that there are those who feel the U.S. would be better off with a dictator.

“I think the Democrats better get smart and, you know, politically, I hope they don't,” the president told the silent reporters. “But actually, in terms of love for the country, I hope they do, because it would be good to work together. So I'm thinking about, you know, when I have some slob like [Democratic Illinois Gov. J.B.] Pritzker criticizing us before we even go there. I made the statement that next should be Chicago because, as you all know, Chicago is a killing field right now, and they don't acknowledge it.”

“And they say we don't need them – ‘freedom, freedom, he's a dictator, he's a dictator,” he claimed. “A lot of people are saying, maybe we'd like a dictator. I don't like a dictator, I'm not a dictator. I'm a man with great common sense and a smart person, and when I see what's happening to our cities, and then you send in troops instead of being praised, they're saying you're trying to take over the republic. These people are sick. But I'm really saying, and I say this to all of you in a certain way, we shouldn’t wait to be asked because they have cities that are so under control, you know, out of control, so we go in and fix it.”

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