a silly thing that right-wing US SWeeps say

@SumKindaMunster Hello again!
My personal obsession?? Have you paid any attention to what the rest of the world, in general, thinks of your president??
Chinese interference in Canada in ways ranging from meddling in our elections to buying up real estate to unfair tariffs and worse is, in fact, a big concern. But you know what? We are used to China being a dictatorship that is generally hostile to us. It is a new situation with the USA.

@ThePatientAnarchist And as usual, you setup strawmen and then knock them down

Dictatorship in the US???

Sure buddy, that's what's happening. You live in a media bubble and assume that's what everyone believes.

And you wonder why I continually criticize you?

@SumKindaMunster yes, dictatorship. One guy calling the shots, making decisions with vast implications day after day, threatening anyone who questions him with retaliation.
If you think every news source on the planet except the handful that you pay attention to constitute a "bubble", please think about it. Does that really make any sense?

@ThePatientAnarchist Please point specifically, what actions Trump has taken that constitute him being a dictator.

SPECIFICS, not some lame "Everybody knows..." nonsense.


Oh like Trump being a Russian asset? Hunter Biden's laptop being Russian disinformation? Joe Biden is sharp as a tack?

Bubbles like that?

@SumKindaMunster On the Biden family, I agree with you that is American voters' business! By the way, the media I look at were not covering up Joe Biden's lapses.

But Trump has been a huge asset to Putin by being friendly to him and treating him as a respectable leader who should get territory out of his assault on Ukraine.

The White House has a helpful list of Trump's unilateral executive orders right here: https://www.federalregister.gov/presidential-documents/executive-orders/donald-trump/2025 Or is the White House also in the media bubble?

@ThePatientAnarchist I'm sorry you aren't happy with the way Trump treats Putin, but that is your personal opinion, and is not a sign of a dictator.

Executive orders are perfectly legal and all Presidents have issued them. That's not a sign of a dictator, unless all previous American Presidents are also dictators in your opinion.

@SumKindaMunster Other presidents used these executive orders more sparingly.
In his first 100 days of this presidency, Trump issued 130 of these things, more than any previous president in that time frame.
Also, if you look over the list, you'll see how many of these orders reflect Trump's personal prejudices and whims.

Here's a historian's view:
“The extent to which the Trump administration is willing to issue E.O.s that do not have basis in any clear authorization — either from Congress or from the Constitution — is quite striking.”
(Annie Benn, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Colgate University)

@SumKindaMunster How would you define dictatorship?

@ThePatientAnarchist I would stick with the strict dictionary definition.

How would you define it?

Seems like it's along the lines of "I don't like or agree with the leader, therefore he is a dictator."

@SumKindaMunster OED: "An absolute ruler of a state, esp. one whose rule displaces that of a democratic government."
Sounds like an objective description of Trump's approach to the presidency, to me.

By the way: it's very cute how you keep referring to my "personal" opinion or likes or dislikes. But you know that my opinion of that person is shared by many millions of your fellow Americans as well as many more millions worldwide. We are not talking about which flavour of ice cream I like.

@ThePatientAnarchist
Nonsense. For that to be true, Trump would need to control Congress, the Courts, and the Media which clearly he does not. You've failed miserably in providing ANY sort of evidence or examples that show Trump is a dictator. My comment about the other pillars of American Democracy not being controlled by Trump is all the proof I need to show to prove you wrong, WRONG, WRONG.


Who cares? It's still an opinion. Just because you know a lot of people who share that opinion demonstrates that you live in a sterile, homogenous media ecosystem. Not the kind of thing a free thinking college professor should be engaging in.

For someone who supposedly has a college degree, your ability to engage in critical thinking and thought experiments is woefully lacking. Was your Alma Matter an online university in the Caribbean? Diploma Mill? University of Pick your Degree?

@SumKindaMunster Cut it out with the insults or I won't bother answering you.

Trump has been doing his level best to control Congress, the courts, and the media, as you know. His demand for overt gerrymandering in Texas is just one example. He is also meeting with much less resistance than his drastic departures from precedent would warrant.

Would you at least agree that he is trying to become a dictator?

@ThePatientAnarchist I don't need your answers. I already know what you are going to say.