Tonight on The Readout...

Then I have an article too, where I have the right to do whatever I want as president,

but I don't even talk about that.

When somebody is the president of the United States, the authority is total, and that's

so it's gotta be.

Your authority's total.

It's total.

Trump always claimed to have far more power than he actually had.

Now his team is being very open about his plan to greatly expand presidential power

if he returns to the White House.

Also tonight, conservative Democrat Joe Manchin was in New Hampshire today, still playing

coy about whether he intends to run on the third party no labels ticket, and quite possibly

to tip next year's election to Trump.

Plus, the Republican presidential candidates show off their culture warrior Bono Fiti's

at the turning point USA conference, which only served to highlight how badly they are

losing the battle of ideas with the younger generation.

And we begin tonight with a terrifying concept that is currently our reality.

Right now, the Republican Party's presidential frontrunner, a twice impeached, twice

indicted, liable for sexual abuse former president, is openly running a campaign on autocracy.

New reporting from the New York Times today breaks down all the ways Donald Trump and his

allies are planning to expand presidential power if he's elected in 2024.

And that goes beyond just using the Justice Department to go after his political enemies

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