Trump suggests Americans ‘like a dictator’ as he signs Washington clampdown
Trump complained that he was not getting credit for his National Guard-backed crackdown on crime and immigration in the US capital
US President Donald Trump on Monday suggested Americans would like a dictator as he signed orders to tighten his federal clampdown on the capital Washington and to prosecute flag-burners.
In a rambling 80-minute event in the Oval Office, Trump lambasted critics and the media as he complained that he was not getting credit for his National Guard-backed crackdown on crime and immigration.
But he then insisted: “I don’t like a dictator. I’m not a dictator. I’m a man with great common sense and a smart person.”
Republican Trump deployed the National Guard to Washington earlier this month to counter what he alleged was an out-of-control crime problem, also taking federal control of the city’s police department.