I’m not sure why this is so, but GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump has a thing for tyrants, and by that I don’t mean in a good way. On December 18th of last year, Trump praised Russian President Vladimir Putin, saying that he admired Putin for running Russia as an efficient leader who garnered highly favorable ratings from the Russian people. Just the other day, Trump praised North Korean Dictator Kim Jong-un’s leadership skills saying that Kim deserved recognition for being ruthlessly efficient in getting rid of his political foes. “And you’ve got to give him credit,” Trump gushed, “How many young guys — he was like 26 or 25 when his father died — take over these tough generals and all of a sudden, you know, it’s pretty amazing when you think of it.” And of course, there’s Trump praise for Hitler to consider. Last year, the Trump Party Facebook page showed a picture of “The Donald” with the slogan borrowed from Adolph Hitler: “As a Christian I have no duty to allow myself to be cheated, but I have a duty to be a fighter for truth and justice.”
I think it was Charles Caleb Colton who said that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. If that’s the case, then Trump is doing his best impression of a megalomaniac and the question Republicans should be asking is whether they truly want this kind of man running America. I know I don’t, but hey, I’m a liberal and I’m really not into praising brutal dictators for their actions.
When Trump says he’s going to build a wall along our southern border and force Mexico to pay for it, and he’s going to bomb the Middle East back into the Stone Age, and he’s going to bust down doors to round up aliens living in this country, and he’s going to force Muslims to register with the government, those are not the words of a man interested in a democratic form of government with the rule of law as its underlying principle. Those are the words of a would-be dictator who’s determined to have his own way, or else, and that “else” includes bloodshed for anyone and everyone who stands in his path.
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