The authoritarian president

Published October 27, 2016 7:07pm ET



Donald Trump, if he had his way, would be a strongman president — an American Vladimir Putin or Hugo Chavez.

But Trump won’t have his way, and so his brand of authoritarianism is at most a faint threat. It’s Hillary Clinton’s authoritarianism we most need to worry about.

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