despot

“The kind of outcome where you have a military that is used as the tool of a despot — I don’t think we’re particularly close to that,” said Friedman, of Defense Priorities.

The insight into Trump’s character — and character is what Trump does — comes from seeing how he goes from desperate to despot.

But the insight into Trump’s character — and character is what Trump does — comes from seeing how he goes from desperate to despot.

An orange-tinted despot seemed relatively harmless compared to the ones in their ancestral lands, so they didn’t view Trump as much of a threat.

“When a would-be despot tells you who they are,” Schiff tweeted, “you should believe him.”