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    Trump resorts to old excuse over his ‘dictator’ comments – he was ‘joking’

    by John Bowden Dec 12, 2023 4 minutes
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    As Donald Trump continues to face vocal condemnations after refusing to deny that he would be a “dictator” during his second term, the former president is turning to a familiar excuse to explain his eyebrow-raising remarks.

    The ex-president has been at the centre of a small firestorm since his appearance last Wednesday on Fox News for a town hall-style interview with Sean Hannity, his counter-programming for the fourth GOP presidential debate. During that interview, a visibly flustered Hannity was left sputtering after Mr Trump’s off-colour quip about whether he would act with authoritarian tendencies if returned to power.

    “Under no circumstances, you tonight, you would never abuse power as retribution against anybody?” Hannity asked the former president, kicking off the exchange.

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