Opinion: Donald Trump isn’t a dictator, but his goal may actually be worse

Donald Trump isn’t a dictator, but his goal may actually be worse

As Benjamin Franklin understood, republics fail not so much because would-be Caesars seize power. They fail because cowards give it to them.

Jonah Goldberg: Trump isn’t a dictator, but his goal may actually be worse

Julius Caesar still casts a long shadow. We have a 12-month calendar — and leap year — thanks to Julius. July is named after him (though the salad isn’t). The words czar and kaiser, now mostly out of use, simply meant “Caesar.” We also can thank Caesar for the durability of the term “dictator.” He wasn’t the first Roman dictator, just the most infamous one. In the Roman Republic, the title and authority of “dictator” were occasionally granted by…

Column: Donald Trump isn’t a dictator, but his goal may actually be worse

Julius Caesar still casts a long shadow. We have a 12-month calendar — and leap year — thanks to Julius. July is named after him (though the salad isn’t). The words “czar” and “kaiser,” now mostly out of use, simply meant “Caesar.” We also can thank Caesar for the durability of the term “dictator.” He wasn’t the first Roman dictator, just the most infamous one. In the Roman Republic, the title and authority of “dictator” was occasionally granted…

Trump's true 'goal' is 'worse' than a dictatorship: expert

In an article for the Los Angeles Times published Tuesday, columnist Jonah Goldberg argued that President Donald Trump’s claims of emergency powers to impose tariffs reflect a dangerous strain of “Caesarism” – the age-old tendency of republics to surrender extraordinary authority to one man in the n...

'Worse' than a dictator: Analyst predicts Trump's true 'goal'

In an article for the Los Angeles Times published Tuesday, columnist Jonah Goldberg argued that President Donald Trump’s claims of emergency powers to impose tariffs reflect a dangerous strain of “Caesarism” – the age-old tendency of republics to surrender extraordinary authority to one man in the name of solving crises.Titled "Donald Trump isn't a dictator, but his goal may actually be worse," the article drew a historical parallel between Juli…