Top military leaders and high-ranking former officials from his administration have issued warning after warning that Donald J. Trump would rule as a dictator if given the chance.

With voting already underway in battleground states, the former president on Friday escalated his threats to prosecute and imprison a wide range of people involved in elections and politics. Hours later, on the hugely popular “The Joe Rogan Experience” podcast, he said that the “enemy within,” a phrase he has used to describe political opponents, poses a bigger threat to the nation than North Korea.

By “enemy within” he means pretty much anybody who thinks that ordinary people should have a voice in how they’re governed, who has skin that’s too dark, who prays in not the quite way, or not at all, or who thinks that truth matters, and science is real.

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    28 days ago

    I really truly don’t understand. Isn’t it the military’s job to kill threats to our country? With guns, I mean. Guns with bullets.

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      No, it’s mainly to protect the interests of the rich by force when the CIA fails by subversion. Same story with the police, fbi