Originally Posted by Lucem Ferre

Every single check and balance that's supposed to apply to the president doesn't seem to anymore. He doesn't get an actual trial for crimes, he can interpret the law any way he wants, doesn't need congressional permission to start a war, can deprive funding to any state that questions him and is trying to write laws (have laws written) to prevent social media outlets from fact checking him.

It's just short of taking control of the media and executing people for speaking on him.

It's like a dictatorship under the illusion of a democratic republic.