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
2023-12-05 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)