āThe guy is not a democrat with a small d,ā the president told CNNās Erin Burnett.
PresidentĀ Joe Biden said in an interview Wednesday he is all but certainĀ Donald Trump, his predecessor and presumptive 2024 rival, will reject the results of the November election and called Trump ādangerousā for the nation.
āThe guy is not a democrat with a small d,ā Biden toldĀ CNNās Erin Burnett during a visit to Wisconsin this week.
āHow many court cases do they have, Supreme Court cases? Theyāve all said this is a totally legitimate election. ā¦ HeĀ mayĀ not accept the outcome of the election? I promise you he wonāt. Which is dangerous.ā
The president went on to say other world leaders had expressed to him their fear of a second Trump presidency and pointed to Trumpās pledge to prosecute his political opponents if he enters the Oval Office once more.
Oh, heāll accept the resultā¦if he wins.
He didnāt accept the 2016 results, so I wouldnāt count on it.
What Trump understands intuitively and most of the country still does not, is that fascism usually is not a fixed state but a project of gradually, constantly deteriorating rights.
Trump will never be satisfied. When things reach a new low, it will only enable Trump to aim even lower. Thatās why he wonāt accept even the results when he wins. To his mind, he always deserves more power and less accountability, and he will keep shifting reality towards those ends. Thatās why we never had a moment of peace during the first Trump presidency. Our standards kept falling, and somehow we still couldnāt keep up.
In another Trump presidency, it will be exactly like the first, in that everything will constantly be getting worse. Because he is a narcissistic sociopath, and it will never be enough. Heās the perfect vessel to dismantle democracy. Thatās the power of Trump, what makes the threat so unique and terrible.