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the worst thing an aspiring dictator can be is funny because you know damn well that bitch is getting elected
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My girls…still figuring out how to render in a way that makes me happy
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Donald Trump is like “I am going to kill all of the dictators in the world so that I will be the only dictator left. I will save Netanyahu for last though”
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During the 12-day war, Iran fired more than 550 ballistic missiles and 1,000 one-way attack drones, testing both Israeli and US missile defenses. About 43 were said to have penetrated the defense systems to hit their targets.
In the event of an all-out conflict, Iran could increase that number dramatically and potentially exploit shortages of US anti-air missiles to hit targets in Israel as well as US military bases throughout the region. Gen Dan Caine, the chair of the joint chiefs of staff, has told Trump that a new war with Iran could further drain US stockpiles of interceptor missiles that could be needed to counteract other future threats, including those from China.
Andrew Roth in The Guardian. Trump advisers scramble to justify possible US military intervention in Iran
Tehran has no ICBMs, let alone ones that can reach US, experts say, and White House has claimed its nuclear program has been destroyed
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“In all the years of war games in Washington, in the Pentagon and with all the thinktanks, without exception one or two US warships would sink,” Vaez said.
“Obviously, it would push Trump to retaliate in a devastating manner. But then he will have launched another major war in the Middle East,” he added.
“There’s no way that Trump can frame that as a victory. His presidency will be completely eclipsed by that.”
Ali Vaez, the International Crisis Group’s Iran project director, quoted in reporting by Julian Borger in The Guardian. Trump’s unprovoked attack on Iran has no mandate – or legal basis
US president violates UN charter just days into his Board of Peace era, and chooses to take the biggest gamble of his administration
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“As soon as Congress reconvenes next week, we will compel a vote of the full House of Representatives on the bipartisan Khanna-Massie War Powers resolution. This legislation would require the President to come to Congress to make the case for using military force against Iran. The Iranian regime is brutal and destabilizing, seen most recently in the killing of thousands of protestors. However, undertaking a war of choice in the Middle East, without a full understanding of all the attendant risks to our servicemembers and to escalation, is reckless. We maintain that any such action would be unconstitutional without consultation with and authorization from Congress. Next week, every Member will have the opportunity to go on the record as to whether they support military action against Iran absent Congressional approval.”
House Democratic Leadership Press Release (February 26, 2006). Democratic Leadership, Ranking Members Announce Iran War Powers Resolution Vote Next Week.
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Can Trump get possibly be more of a cliche dictator than by putting giant images up of himself like Saddam Hussain, Kim Jon Il, and Mao Zedong?
Nauseating.
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Future News: The Final Press Conference
with Doug Hawley
The Dictator for Life lists his many great accomplishments in the last press conference he will ever deign grant.
Prologue
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt lithely stepped into the Oval Office and there met with President Donald Trump, seated behind the Resolute Desk with a 6-pack of Diet Coke before him.
“Yes, sugar,” said Trump, staring at her bare legs and…
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Seif al-Islam Gaddafi, enigmatic son of the Libyan dictator, murdered in his mountain hideout
Seif al-Islam Gaddafi: Enigmatic Son of the Libyan Dictator Murdered in His Mountain Hideout
Introduction
The shadowy saga of Seif al-Islam Gaddafi, once considered the heir apparent to Libya’s long-ruling dictator Muammar Gaddafi, came to a violent end on February 3, 2026, when he was assassinated in his mountain hideout in Zintan. The 53-year-old, who had lived in seclusion for over a decade…
Seif al-Islam Gaddafi, enigmatic son of the Libyan dictator, murdered in his mountain hideout
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#trump l’employer du mois de #poutine
Trump se mets avec Poutine en photo à l’entrer de la maison blanche.
Voudrait-il ne plus quitter la maison blanche et devenir le 1er dictateur des USA ?
Charlie Chaplin, on avait fait un film « Le Dictateur », bon c’était pour quelqu’un d’autre mais risque d’être d’actualité bientôt !…
#Trump the employer of the month of #poutine
Trump takes a picture with Putin at the entrance of the White House.
Would he like to stop leaving the White House and become the first dictator of the USA?
Charlie Chaplin, we had made a movie “The Dictator”
, well it
was for someone else but may be topical soon!…
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Are we really just going to gloss over the fact that the President of the United States openly referred to himself as a dictator?
[[MORE]]This shouldn’t be a left-versus-right issue. Regardless of where you fall on the political spectrum, that kind of language from the highest office in the country should give anyone pause.
For those who don’t know what I’m talking about…during a speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos on January 21, 2026, President Trump referenced media criticism of his leadership and said, *“Usually they say, ‘he’s a horrible dictator-type person.’ I’m a dictator. But sometimes you need a dictator…”* He framed the remark as commentary on how the press characterizes him, but the choice to embrace the label, even rhetorically is not insignificant.
Factually, the United States was founded in explicit opposition to dictatorship. The Constitution is built around limits on executive power, separation of powers, checks and balances, and the idea that no single individual rules by decree. American presidents swear an oath to uphold that system, not to bypass it. Historically, when heads of state normalize authoritarian language, even jokingly, it has often coincided with efforts to expand executive authority, undermine independent institutions, or delegitimize opposition and the press.
Words matter, especially from a president. Public rhetoric shapes norms, expectations, and what people come to see as acceptable. When the leader of a constitutional republic casually adopts the language of autocracy, it erodes the long-standing principle that power flows from the law and the people, not from one persons will.
This isn’t about being Democrat, Republican, or somewhere in between. It’s about recognizing that openly flirting with the idea of dictatorship… whether meant seriously, defensively, or sarcastically is objectively alarming in a democracy.
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A Roman farmer named Cincinnatus was given near absolute power to save Rome during an enemy crisis; ancient tradition says he finished the job in 16 days, then resigned and went back to his farm.
