
Trump ‘Dictator’ Talk Turns ‘Reality on Its Head’: Heritage Presidential Transition Project Director
Published on December 7, 2023
Paul Dans, the director of the Heritage Foundations 2025 Presidential Transition Project, has pushed back on a trending media narrative that former President Donald Trump could behave like a dictator if he returns to the White House in 2024. Several media commentators and contributors—including those writing for the Washington Post, Politico, and the Philadelphia Inquirer—have repeatedly referred to the former president in authoritarian terms and accused him of pursuing a dictatorial strategy going forward. Former Rep. Liz Cheney, the daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney and a frequent critic of President Trump in recent years, also recently said the U.S. is “sleepwalking into a dictatorship” with a second Trump presidency....
