through his term, & subsequently, T***p has spoken admiringly of dictators--so why is this a surprise? T***p has never once spoken negatively of any authoritarian dictator; his hero is Putin. he has never once spoken positively of any leader of a democracy. & he speaks constantly, if not altogether coherently, of initiating an administration focused upon punishing his critics no doubt beginning with Mark Milley, Liz Cheney, now John Kelly.