tyrants

To presume otherwise would be to pretend that, in the glow of victory, the petty tyrants of Trumpworld are summoning a nobility of spirit that, as far as I can tell, they haven’t manifested once in the past decade.

Trump believes, has always believed, that as president he is accountable to nobody; Harris believes, as has virtually every president since the founding, in checks and balances, and in branches that share power to ensure that tyrants may never reign.

Harris says U.S. foreign policy should be based on strong alliances with other democracies, not cynical partnerships with tyrants like Russia’s Vladimir Putin and China’s Xi Jinping.

Clearly, to dismiss these ideological tyrants as “weird” seizes back their most treasured possession: the ability to dictate who is normal and who is deviant.

Trump can attempt a coup, channel Hitler, be convicted of multiple criminal felons, publicly praise tyrants, promise to become America’s first dictator for “day one” of his return to power in 2025 and threaten his “enemies” with "retribution."