despot

He’s not a father, a king, a despot or a dictator.

In 1796, George Washington warned us in his Farewell Address that the nation would suffer without an educated electorate and with the rise of a self-serving despot who rejects public liberty.

In theory, it was created to empower everyday people and to prevent the consolidation of power by any one despot or monarch.

“The kind of outcome where you have a military that is used as the tool of a despot — I don’t think we’re particularly close to that,” said Friedman, of Defense Priorities.

The insight into Trump’s character — and character is what Trump does — comes from seeing how he goes from desperate to despot.