"I’m a man with great common sense, and I’m a smart person."
Chicago
In the Oval Office, Donald Trump defended his use of the National Guard in Washington D.C. as well as his threat to send federal troops to Chicago.
"not a dictator"
Asked about accusations of a possible authoritarian drift on his part, Trump asserted that he was "not a dictator".
Many people?
He added, however, that "many people" might prefer to live under an authoritarian regime.
"Maybe we'd like a dictator."
Trump indicated that some people refer to him as a dictator, while others would, in his view, manifest a certain fascination with this mode of governance: asserting: "Maybe we'd like a dictator."
"great common sense"
In the end, the president stressed that, in his view, this simply doesn't concern him: "I don’t like a dictator. I’m not a dictator. I’m a man with great common sense, and I’m a smart person".