That's What Dictators Do

Watch Donald Trump. Watch what he does.

Beware of what might ensue

If he's in the Oval Office again

And does what dictators do.

 

Viktor Orbán° came to his home--

A strong man through and through

Who has rejected democracy,

For that's what dictators do.

 

Orbán and Putin are mentors to Trump.

He loves their world view.

He doesn't care how they step on rights,

For that's what dictators do.

 

He swears that he'll go after opponents

If he is elected anew.

Trump wants loyalists only because

That's what dictators do.

 

His anti-migrant rhetoric

Has a frightening hue

As he dehumanizes others.

That's what dictators do.

 

Repeat a lie often enough

And people will think it's true.

Trump is a master at bending the truth.

That's what dictators do.

 

Figuratively, his nose has grown

At least a foot or two

From all the lies he's told so far.

That's what dictators do.

 

Republicans who don't obey him

Or line up in his queue

Are censured, for Trump has called them out.

That's what dictators do.

 

The former president now has

Indictments up the wazoo.

Our system of justice he says is unfair.

That's what dictators do.

 

Criticizing others is fine.

To Trump that's not taboo.

But criticize him and he'll get even.

That's what dictators do.

 

He starts with others, and then just watch:

He'll COME after me and you.

It's incumbent on all of us

To STOP what dictators do.

 

-by Bob B (3-11-24)

 

°The prime minister (and current autocrat) of Hungary