Trump’s Long March toward Power Without Limits

From pardoning insurrectionists to musing about dictatorship, Trump’s record reveals a long project to stretch presidential power into personal rule.

Sep 07, 2025

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By Brian Daitzman

Donald Trump has never hidden his authoritarian ambitions. From January 6 to his latest talk of dictatorship, his actions reveal a consistent project: to rule more like Putin or Xi than any American president in history.

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