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The Ben Shapiro Show

4 Reasons Trump Is NOT A Dictator

The Ben Shapiro Show

The Daily Wire

News Commentary, News

4.4152.4K Ratings

🗓️ 17 January 2026

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Acorns'Advisor is LLC and SETC. You've heard over and over from your friends and family members from your weird blue-haired cousin that President Trump is a dictator and that is

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obviously untrue. But today, we're going to go through four reasons why this is obviously

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untrue so that today, we're going

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to go through four reasons why this is obviously untrue so that you can just hand them this video

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next time they say it. Does that make me crazy? Does that make me crazy? One, President Trump is subject to

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the rule of law and he obeys it when he is forced to do so.

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This is true from both the judiciary and also from the legislature.

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There have been a number of cases in which the president's authority has been challenged in a court of law.

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And the court has ruled against the president of the United States.

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The president then appeals the ruling.

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