All this is fiction. Long is probably the closest we have come to a true American dictator, but he was assassinated in 1935 before an anticipated presidential run in the 1936 race.

Never before in American history, not even in wartime, has one man exercised such unbridled discretion affecting the lives of ...

Public Perceptions of an All-Powerful President "American presidents are often blamed—and take credit for—things outside of their control," YouGov reports in an end-of-August poll. "While the ...

Trump is not exaggerating, or posturing, or just being hyperbolic as too many in the American news media, the country's political class, and among the general public would like to believe ...

Therefore, by frequently calling Xi Jinping a dictator, Biden appears tough on China to the American public and simultaneously flatters its leader. Biden’s calling Xi a dictator is a disguise ...

Why have so many American alliances with Third World dictators collapsed in such a spectacular fashion, producing divisive recriminations at home and policy disasters abroad?

We don’t call Abraham Lincoln “American dictator” because he suspended habeas corpus during the Civil War. But what about the thugs, ...

To state it another way, Americans don’t always like what government does, but they overwhelmingly support the American system of government. They want to improve it, not destroy it. Enter Donald ...

As Trump once again declined to commit to a peaceful transfer of power if he loses the upcoming election, his "Art of the Deal" co-author Tony Schwartz joins MSNBC's Chief Legal Correspondent Ari ...

But doing so requires overcoming the widespread desire for an American dictator. When it comes to presidential politics, voters are often their own worst enemies.