12 Years Ago, Obama Joked He Wasn’t a ‘Dictator.’ When Trump Says It, No One’s Laughing

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00:00I am not a dictator.

00:03I'm not a dictator.

00:05Same sentiment, completely different to Tom Burke.

00:08I'm the president, so...

00:09I'm a man with great common sense and a smart person.

00:13So why does the split screen have so much of Washington taking a pause?

00:17For President Barack Obama, it was a moment of humility.

00:19Mitch McConnell or John Boehner say we need to go to catch a plane.

00:24I can't have Secret Service block the doorway.

00:27But for President Donald Trump, it was a flex.

00:29He's a dictator.

00:30He's a dictator.

00:31A lot of people are saying maybe we like a dictator.

00:34In New York is...

00:36In the last week alone,

00:37Trump has dispatched roving armed patrols of Washington.

00:41And he has suggested Chicago and New York are next.

00:44He has sacked the office of the first term national security advisor,

00:47turned president critic, tried to fire the Federal Reserve governor,

00:50a move destined to face the test in courts.

00:53He once again detained an immigrant who was wrongfully expelled to El Salvador,

00:57ordered a wide-ranging review of the Smithsonian museums and exhibitions.

01:01He may even rename the Kennedy Center in his honor.

01:04And just for good measure, the Trump administration announced it was taking

01:07an $11 billion piece of chipmaker intel on behalf of the American people.

01:12During the early leg of his campaign in 2023, he hinted his dictatorship would be efficient.

01:19He says, you're not going to be a dictator, are you?

01:21I said, no, no, no, other than day one.

01:23We're closing the border and we're drilling, drilling, drilling.

01:26After that, I'm not a dictator.

01:28Obama was mocking his critics when he said that he was no dictator.

01:31Trump, he was trolling.