No, you did not say that you were a Trump supporter. But your words say that you support him "doing that". It's like with death penalty or abortion, you either support it or you don't. And you do support it.
Yes, there are some (not plenty) instances where "unilateral and extra-legal executive actions do NOT lead to dictatorships", but these are the exceptions. You list some of the greatest men in our history. Trump is not one of them. He is closer to Stalin or to Sulla.
Also, it's my belief that none of the men you listed did imprison people from the supreme court or the congress. If you imprison people to stay in power, you don't generally let someone else take power.
And let's say that Trump was not the unhinged corrupt person that he is. Let's say that he was as honest as Lincoln. If he would take this kind of action outside of war, it would just mean that someone else would make a coup later, just like Caesar did not long after Sulla. Once the floodgate is opened [...]
No, you did not say that you were a Trump supporter. But your words say that you support him "doing that". It's like with death penalty or abortion, you either support it or you don't. And you do support it.
Yes, there are some (not plenty) instances where "unilateral and extra-legal executive actions do NOT lead to dictatorships", but these are the exceptions. You list some of the greatest men in our history. Trump is not one of them. He is closer to Stalin or to Sulla.
Also, it's my belief that none of the men you listed did imprison people from the supreme court or the congress. If you imprison people to stay in power, you don't generally let someone else take power.
And let's say that Trump was not the unhinged corrupt person that he is. Let's say that he was as honest as Lincoln. If he would take this kind of action outside of war, it would just mean that someone else would make a coup later, just like Caesar did not long after Sulla. Once the floodgate is opened [...]