Some very few idiots might want him to become dictator... but most conservatives (and Republicans even) are actually pretty big on personal liberty and the preservation of the constitution.
Uh, no they aren't.
They may
claim they like their freedoms when it comes to gun rights, taxes, etc. But those freedoms never seem to extend to things like free speech (in particular pr0n), abortion rights, drug laws, etc.
I'm not saying that Liberals/progressives don't also have their own set of acceptable freedoms/restrictions, but its wrong to think that Conservatives are actually big on liberty.
And of course, for many, power trumps a desire for freedom.
There's nowhere near enough people that want Trump to be dictator for it to have a chance in hell of occurring.
The risk isn't that they would come outright and say "we want a Trump dictatorship"... its that they would engage in their regular dirty tricks (voter suppression, gerrymandering, conspiring with foreign governments), in an attempt to maintain Republican power, and since Trump is at the top he would benefit.
And that's all assuming that Trump actually genuinely wants to be a dictator.
He has certainly shown an authoritarian streak... an unwillingness to compromise, use dirty tricks (e.g. foreign influence) to rig an election, etc. Does that mean 'dictatorship'? Well, its uncomfortably close for some.
I am so completely tired of all of this. Not you specifically, just the entire topic. It's been four years of non-stop fearmongering about the horrible evil things that Trump is certain to do. And whenever one of them doesn't happen, a new terror is simply inserted and the manufactured outrage continues unabated.
He has: called neo-nazis "fine people", had children locked in cages, wasted billions to build a useless wall (taking money from the military to do so), allowed disease to spread unchecked in the U.S., driven up the deficit in order to give tax breaks to millionaires, and set back the U.S. in handling the environment.
I think people have a reason to be outraged.
In the 2016 election, we thought Trump would be a disaster economically. Well, the deficit increased under him, and job growth slowed.
We thought Trump would be a disaster for the environment, and he has rolled back environmental regulations.
We thought he would enable racism, and sure enough, kids are locked in cages.
We knew the wall would be a big boondoggle, and it is.
About the biggest fear that people had that wasn't realized is that Trump might start a war (which he hasn't... yet)... But his incompetence almost started a conflict with Iran, and it destabilized parts of Syria/Iraq.
Trump lost the election. Who the **** gives a crap what he says or what he wants anymore? Just sit back and be happy that Biden won, and let it go.
Because Trump is still president until the new year, and can do substantial damage until Biden takes office.
Because Trump has to work with the incoming administration during the transition, and if he is acting like a toddler, that's not going to work well.
