Donald Trump has long exhibited authoritarian impulses, but his policy operation is now more sophisticated, and the buffers to check him are weaker.

As Donald Trump faces growing scrutiny over his increasingly authoritarian and violent rhetoric, Fox News host Sean Hannity gave his longtime friend a chance to assure the American people that he wouldn't abuse power or seek retribution if he wins a second term.

Former President Donald Trump mocked questions about authoritarianism on Tuesday, saying he would be a dictator only on "day one," and then he's going to close the border and get to drilling.

Former president Donald Trump told Fox News host Sean Hannity that, if elected, he would only be a dictator on the first day he returns to the White House.

Since then Trump has spread false claims that the 2020 election was stolen from him, a conspiracy that fueled the deadly insurrection by Trump supporters at the U.S. Capitol on Ja

Legal scholars, political observers, and Democratic lawmakers blasted former President Donald Trump for saying Tuesday on Fox News that he won’t be a dictator if he wins reelection, “other than [on] day one.