Donald Trump and the Brilliant Dictators – WSJ

Mr. Trump: We re dealing, Joe, we re dealing with the smartest people. They hate when I say, you know, when the press, when I called President Xi, they said, He called President Xi brilliant, Mr. Trump said. Well, he s a brilliant guy. He controls 1.4 billion people with an iron fist. I mean, he s a brilliant guy, whether you like it or not. And they go crazy.

Mr. Rogan: Right. It doesn t mean he s not evil, or it doesn t mean he s not dangerous.

Mr. Trump: Actually, we have evil people in our country. If you have a smart president, he can deal with Russia. He can deal with all of it.

The reason freedom-loving people don t like talk like this is because it flatters Mr. Xi for his success in terrorizing his people with an iron fist. Mr. Xi may be a smart guy, but you don t have to be brilliant to rule when you can arrest or purge anyone at any time. All you have to be is ruthless and remorseless.

Mr. Rogan gave Mr. Trump an opening to speak such a truth, but the former President immediately pivoted to talking about his opponents in the U.S. This fits his pattern of describing his domestic opponents in nastier terms than he does rulers who imprison their people on a whim or start wars that kill tens of thousands of people.

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It’s one the sources of the Hitler talk.