That’s what should be happening in the United States today. There is plenty of coverage of the various Trump outrages, from the deployment of the National Guard in Washington, D.C., to his aides pushing the Smithsonian’s Museum of African American History and Culture to focus less on slavery. What’s missing and desperately needed is these events being connected to one another and presented collectively and aggressively by the media, the Democratic Party, and other prominent institutions as one megastory: Trump’s attempt to become America’s dictator.
The liberal group Indivisible has come the closest to consistently telling this story. They helped put together the “No Kings” protests over the summer and have continued to use that term. (I prefer casting Trump as dictator to king, because I think of kings as being part of hereditary monarchies.) But the media, nonpartisan experts, and most Democratic Party officials haven’t consistently adopted the king rhetoric, either.
I am not suggesting that Trump and the MAGA wing of the Republican Party will be defeated simply by more people using the word dictator or a Times reporter writing a series of stories on how many of Trump’s moves were first undertaken by Hungary’s Viktor Orbán.
And we can take this step. Well, let me narrow “we.” Mainstream media organizations such as the Times, The Washington Post, and CNN are deeply committed to a neutral approach to covering American politics. They aren’t going to change, even though that’s very shortsighted. (If Trump gains enough power, he will end independent journalism in the U.S.) Many billionaires and business leaders are aligned with Trump, in the way that oligarchs in Russia positioned themselves to benefit from Putin’s autocratic rule, so we sure can’t count on them.
News outlets not committed to a both-sides approach can orient their coverage around the potential of dictatorship in America. I worry that MSNBC, which is now separating from NBC, is missing an opportunity to remake itself into the kind of news outlet that the United States needs in 2025. The network seems to be leaning into covering incremental events and breaking news without much context (its new name will be MS Now) and is creating a traditional D.C. bureau that seems fairly similar to those of outlets like CNN. It would be better if the network put a set of reporters on the authoritarianism beat in addition to the ones covering Capitol Hill and the White House.
I worry that too many in the anti-Trump camp view the 2024 election as a referendum on authoritarianism. Harris lost while casting Trump as a dictator, hence that message should never be repeated again.
I disagree. (Well, I agree with her on the need for shorter pieces.) It is probably the case that Democratic candidates in swing districts and states should talk about the economy and other issues in addition to preserving democracy. But those of us not campaigning in swing areas should highlight the most pressing issues. And right now, Trump running America like a dictator is simply more important than creating jobs or expanding health care.
Yes, Trump was an autocratic president the first time around, and you could have assumed he would take these steps if you listened closely to his speeches or read Project 2025. But I have been surprised at how authoritarian Trump has been. And I suspect millions of other Americans didn’t expect this, either.
There is no electoral risk to emphasizing that Trump is behaving like an autocrat. And there’s a huge risk in not emphasizing it—choosing that route means he becomes a dictator without much of a fight. So say it loud, say it proud, and most importantly, say it every day: Donald Trump wants to be America’s dictator, and we can’t let that happen on our watch.
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