As the president suggests that “a lot” of people have voiced support for “a dictator,” it’s hard not to wonder who, exactly, ...

For the second day in a row, President Donald Trump has felt the need to assure Americans that, no, he is not a dictator.

When an authoritarian president claims he has unlimited powers to deploy National Guard troops, that’s a problem.

“I am not a crook,” President Nixon said in 1973. “I’m not a dictator,” President Trump insisted on Monday. And with that, another famously false presidential proclamation entered the annals of ...

A dictator is someone who undermines democratic institutions and norms, limits political competition and participation, centralizes power and is not held accountable through free and fair elections.