Lemonada.

This is Sarah Stewart Holland.

This is Beth Silvers.

You're listening to Pantsuit Politics.

So the line is that I'm a dictator, but I stop crime. So a lot of

people say, you know, if that's the case, I'd rather have a dictator, but I'm not a dictator. I just

know how to stop crime. Today we're going to ask one simple question, is Trump a dictator?

The swirl of power grabs and corruption and declared emergencies feels so overwhelming.

And we all know by now that's the point.

So today, we're going to take a deep breath and dive in anyway and talk about emergency orders, court decisions, and the grasp for power coming from Donald J. Trump.

Outside of politics, we're going to take a real turn and talk about dorm room decorating

and how adult experiences are happening younger and younger to our kids.

A compliment to this episode is the episode of Mordesey that I released for our premium members yesterday.

So I made the case that whether or not Trump is a dictator, fascist authoritarianism, however you classify him, whatever else is going on, he is wasteful.

A lot of what this administration has done and is doing, especially kind of the smaller stories that bubble up day to day, it's just wasteful. It's just taking something that we've invested a lot of money and a lot of time in as a country that has a lot of potential to do good and saying, I don't like it, get rid of it. It is, I'm told, both infuriating and cathartic to listen to. So if you're not a premium member, you can use your free trial period to listen to that episode and all of our premium episodes during that trial period. And if being a premium member isn't right for you at this time, we hope that you'll subscribe to follow us for free on Substack, just to make sure you're getting our show notes, our Friday essays and our newsletter, and any news about what we have going on here at Pansu Politics.

All right.

Up next, let's talk about authoritarianism.

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