Technically, Trump said he might be a dictator for one day, and in context it was pretty obviously humorous. It has been repeated ad nauseum that Trump has declared outright that he would become a dictator from day one, and that characterization has been adopted as gospel truth.
Can you cite anything he's said that contradicts the "gospel truth"?
Still waiting.
I think you're using the argument from incredulity fallacy. You don't believe Trump would really do it so it must not be true. You're basically asking us to not believe our eyes and ears.
No, I'm not asking you to not believe your eyes and ears. I'm asking you not to swallow what interpreters tell you whole sale.
You're asking me to give you cited sources that contradict something Trump didn't say. I don't know how you expect that to happen, but hey, as soon as I find that I'll also give you the absolute incontrovertible proof that there is no teapot orbiting mercury.
Trump is bad enough that you shouldn't have to exaggerate and make things up. You shouldn't have to mischaracterize and take things out of context, and pretend they mean something different.
When all of the argumentation that you here relies on amplifying and repeating a hyperbolized mischaracterization... don't you think you should exercise just a tiny bit of skepticism?
I *know* why I dislike Trump. I *know* what characteristics I find undesirable in a politician. None of it relies on the much-repeated "existential threat to democracy" rhetoric. And I dislike him intensely and don't want him as president while also simultaneously recognizing the propagandized messaging for what it is.
I *know* what I dislike about Harris, and none of that relies on hyperbolic narratives either. And I can dislike her positions while simultaneously acknowledging the manipulation going on by her opponents.
