President Donald Trump has suggested that many Americans would like to live in a dictatorship, as he gave himself broader powers to expand his crime crackdown across the country.

Three weeks into his federal takeover in Washington D.C., the president signed new executive orders tasking Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to establish “specialized units” in the National Guard to assist officers in the city, and potentially across the country, to quell civil disturbances and boost public safety “whenever the circumstances necessitate.”

“A lot of people are saying maybe we’d like a dictator,” Trump told reporters.

“I don’t like a dictator. I’m not a dictator. I’m a man with common sense and a very smart person.”

Trump’s executive order also authorizes Attorney General Pam Bondi to unwind met

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