Big Dictator Envy
1952
1952-01-01 The US put support behind Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista. https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/10.4324/9780203794296-3/cuba-united-states-batista-1952-1958-hugh-thomas
https://www.jstor.org/stable/20672109
TIMESTAMP 31:17 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DKy8JmY3vxg&list=WL&index=1
1955
1955-05-04 The CIA trained torturers serving Fulgencio Batista’s regime in Cuba.
https://jacobin.com/2025/08/cia-batista-cuba-anti-communism
1990
1990-01-01 Trump praised the Chinese government for their “strength and paramilitary action” during Tiananmen Square.
https://www.historynewsnetwork.org/article/trumps-praise-for-china-over-tiananmen-square-year
2014
2014-07-23 Hungary’s history of media suppression and spyware contracts parallels that of the U.S. in 2025.
https://www.refworld.org/reference/annualreport/cpj/2002/en/55962
https://www.hrw.org/news/2024/03/19/trumps-friend-hungary-no-role-model-supporters-democracy
2016
2016-06-30 The Duterte regime in the Philippines and the current U.S. climate share parallels, including “war on drugs” rhetoric, extrajudicial killings, democratic backsliding, and governance through fear and repression.
https://www.hrw.org/tag/philippines-war-on-drugs
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S095539591930221X
https://www.theadvocatesforhumanrights.org/International_Submissions/A/Index?id=313
2016-10-22 RFK compared Trump to Hitler on his podcast.
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2024/11/21/congress/rfk-jr-trump-hitler-00190944
https://www.cnn.com/2024/11/21/politics/kfile-rfk-jr-trump-critique
2022
2022-04-19 JD Vance compared Trump to Hitler.
2022-11-24 Russia suppressed the media, same as the US started doing in 2025.
https://rsf.org/en/country/russia
2023
2023-01-01 Netanyahu has repeatedly tried to overhaul the judiciary, give the ruling coalition power to pick their own judges, and prohibit courts form striking down “unreasonable” decisions.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-65086871
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Israeli_judicial_reform
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/01/01/israel-supreme-court-netanyahu-judicial-overhaul-00133385
https://en.idi.org.il/tags-en/47383
2023-12-05 Trump joked about being a dictator “on day one” during a speech in Davenport, Iowa.
https://time.com/7312196/trump-americans-maybe-we-like-a-dictator/
2023-12-06 In an interview with Hannity, Trump repeated his “dictator on day one” remark and referred to January 6 prisoners as “hostages.”
https://abcnews.go.com/US/kash-patel-tells-members-media-government-after-trumps/story?id=105432592
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-raises-new-alarms-dictator-except-day/story?id=105416124
2024
2024-03-08 Trump hosted Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán at Mar-a-Lago and called him “fantastic.”
https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/08/politics/trump-orban-mar-a-lago
2024-04-26 Trump again praised Viktor Orbán.
2024-09-10 Trump praised Viktor Orbán during a presidential debate.
2024-10-23 Jeffrey Goldberg quoted Trump as saying he wanted “the kind of generals Hitler had…People who were totally loyal to him, that follow orders”.
2024-10-23 John Kelly warned that Trump had raised the idea of Hitler’s generals.
2025 April
2025-04-14 Trump praised Vladimir Putin numerous times (article).
2025 June
2025-06-03 Allegedly Trump kept a copy of Adolf Hitler speeches next to his bedside.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/03/us/politics/trump-antisemitism.html
2025 July
2025-07-04 After a fallout with Trump, Musk wrote “Independence Day is the perfect time to ask if you want independence from the two-party (some would say uniparty) system! Should we create the America Party?” and he offered a poll. The next day he wrote, “By a factor of 2 to 1, you want a new political party and you shall have it! When it comes to bankrupting our country with waste & graft, we live in a one-party system, not a democracy. Today, the America Party is formed to give you back your freedom”.
https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1941119099532378580
https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1941584569523732930
2025-07-08 Trump posted a message on Truth Social claiming Bolsonaro’s arrest was a “witch hunt”.
https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/114820873191783674
2025 August
2025-08-25 During an interview Trump quipped “maybe they want a dictator”.
https://time.com/7312196/trump-americans-maybe-we-like-a-dictator/
2025 September
2025-09-11 Bolsonaro was sentenced to 27 years for a coup after his party formally claimed, without evidence, that government employees altered 2022 election ballots. Trump defended him, calling him a “good man”.
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/29/world/americas/election-bolsonaro-brazil-fraud.html
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c8xrqxk9p4xo
2025-09-29 Trump posted a warm welcome for Netanyahu on Truth Social.
https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/115288486061498188
2025 November
2025-11-08 Trump met with Viktor Orbán to discuss exempting Hungary from Russian oil and gas sanctions.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/07/trump-orban-hungary-russian-oil
https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/07/europe/orban-trump-oil-sanctions-hungary-latam-intl
2026 January
2026-01-14 The Dutch say Trump is more dangerous than Adolf Hitler.
BUT WE ALREADY KNEW THIS: https://thehill.com/homenews/media/4322886-trump-hitler-mussolini-mccaskill/
2026-01-21 Trump stated again during the summit in Davos “Sometimes you need a dictator”.
https://newrepublic.com/post/205508/trump-sometimes-you-need-dictator-davos-speech
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-sometimes-you-need-a-dictator/
2026 February
2026-02-13 Trump endorsed Viktor Orbán ahead of Hungary’s April elections and sent Marco Rubio and JD Vance to visit him.
https://www.themarysue.com/donald-trump-endorses-russian-aligned-viktor-orban-for-hungary-pm/
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5737415-donald-trump-endorses-viktor-orban-hungary/
2026 April
2026-04-09 After JD Vance travelled to Hungary to support Victor Orban in upcoming elections polls dropped.
https://www.nbcnews.com/world/europe/orban-hungary-university-exile-jd-vance-model-us-rcna267253
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/jd-vance-viktor-orban-hungary-support-election/
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cyv16lq2rp1o
https://www.npr.org/2026/04/09/nx-s1-5779235/jd-vance-stumps-for-hungarys-orban
2026-04-23 The International Criminal Court unanimously confirmed crimes-against-humanity charges against former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte. https://www.icc-cpi.int/philippines/duterte
2026-04-29 Leaked audio revealed U.K. Ambassador Christian Turner saying the “only country” to have a “special relationship” with the United States was “probably Israel”.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/uk-ambassador-leaked-remarks-special-relationship-u-s-israel/
https://edition.cnn.com/2026/04/28/world/us-special-relationship-israel-uk-ambassador-turner-intl
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rqpI06hkb8
https://www.cnn.com/2026/04/28/world/us-special-relationship-israel-uk-ambassador-turner-intl
PAY WALL https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1l25qd43nro
2026 June
2026-06-01 Section 224 of the 2027 Defense Bill aims to merge the U.S. and Israeli militaries. Citizens of France https://www.democracynow.org/2026/6/1/headlines/2027_national_defense_authorization_act_proposes_to_integrate_us_and_israeli_militaries
[https://armedservices.house.gov/uploadedfiles/fy27ndaa_chairmans_mark-final.pdf](https://armedservices.house.gov/uploadedfiles/fy27_ndaa_chairmans_mark-_final.pdf)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GS6ETupSVVw&list=WL&index=1
2026 July
2026-07-09 A new poll from AP NORC showed that some Jewish Americans are tired of Netanyahu and perhaps don’t feel like they are supported by any political party.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MgueCcPCPUo
2026-07-28 After visiting with Netanyahu, Trump told Fox, “I don’t need Bibi to tell me that. Bibi is telling me that because he wants me to stay involved,” in the war in Iran.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2WToJYU46W0
2026 August
2026-08-07 A Trump-backed youth competition The Trump Games was started by the administration. Some called it a test of patriotic branding; some compared it to the “Hunger Games” while others pointed out its similarity to those held by Hitler during Nazi-era Germany.
https://www.cnn.com/2026/08/09/politics/patriot-games-trump-partisan-patriotic-branding
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7500092/2026/08/07/trump-patriot-games-schedule-events-lineup/
https://www.thedailybeast.com/trumps-patriot-games-athletes-spill-embarrassing-details/