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Donald
Trump
stated
in
a
town
hall
meeting
with
Sean
Hannity
that
he’d
only
be
a
dictator
on
“day
one”
if
reelected
president,
raising
more
alarms
among
observers.
On
Tuesday
(Dec.
5),
former
President
Donald
Trump
sat
down
with
Fox
News
host
Sean
Hannity
for
a
town
hall
meeting
event
that
was
taped
at
Davenport,
Iowa.
Hannity
asked
the
Republican
frontrunner
about
his
remarks
targeting
rivals
and
vowing
revenge
by
abusing
his
power
if
reelected
to
the
White
House.
Hannity
pressed
him
on
the
subject
by
asking,
“Do
you
in
any
way
have
any
plans
whatsoever
if
reelected
president
to
abuse
power,
to
break
the
law,
to
use
the
government
to
go
after
people?”
“You
mean
like
they’re
using
right
now?”
Trump
replied.
Hannity
asked
him
again
“Under
no
circumstances,
you
are
promising
America
tonight,
you
would
never
abuse
power
as
retribution
against
anybody?”
Hannity
asked.
Trump’s
response
was
quick.
“Except
for
day
one,”
he
replied.
“Meaning?”
Hannity
interjected.
In
a
jesting
manner,
the
twice-impeached
president
continued.
“I
love
this
guy,”
he
stated,
“He
says,
‘You’re
not
going
to
be
a
dictator,
are
you?’
I
said:
‘No,
no,
no,
other
than
day
one.’
We’re
closing
the
border
and
we’re
drilling,
drilling,
drilling.
After
that,
I’m
not
a
dictator.”
The
assembled
crowd
cheered
as
Hannity
rejoined,
“That’s
not
retribution.”
The
clip
has
further
alarmed
many
who
have
been
pointing
out
Trump’s
increasingly
authoritarian
rhetoric
in
the
past
months,
telling
his
supporters
at
rallies
that
he
“is
their
retribution”
and
promising
to
seek
revenge
against
President
Joe
Biden
and
his
family
if
elected
to
another
term.
“When
we
get
there,
the
Biden
crime
family
will
pay
a
price
like
other
people
are
being
forced
to
pay.
And
that
price
will
be
very,
very
substantial,”
Trump
wrote
in
a
post
on
his
social
media
platform
Truth
Social
back
in
August.
President
Biden
has
stated
that
Trump
is
“determined
to
destroy
American
democracy”
in
a
meeting
with
donors
earlier
on
Tuesday.
“Donald
Trump
has
been
telling
us
exactly
what
he
will
do
if
he’s
reelected,
and
tonight
he
said
he
will
be
a
dictator
on
day
one.
Americans
should
believe
him,”
said
Biden-Harris
campaign
manager
Julie
Chavez
Rodriguez
in
a
statement
issued
after
the
town
hall
meeting
aired.
The
remarks
come
a
day
before
the
remaining
Republican
primary
candidates
are
set
to
debate
each
other
in
Tuscaloosa,
Alabama.
