'We may in 32 days have a dictator': New warning about Trump from presidential historian

During an appearance on MSNBC's "Way Too Early" on Friday morning, noted presidential historian Michael Beschloss used recent claims by Donald Trump and his running mate Sen. J. D. Vance (R-OH) to predict a very real threat that America is on the precipice of electing a dictator.

Speaking with host Jonathan Lemire, the two discussed recent reporting that multiple people within the former president's inner circle have no qualms about assisting him in arresting his critics – and that should alarm voters .

"The New York Times had some terrific reporting this week about Trump's threats to prosecute, to jail his political opponents, suggesting the DOJ did work on his behalf to limited success in his first term, but now he'd be able to stock his administration with loyalists who would carry it out further and emboldened by the Supreme Court ruling, his executive power has only grown," Lemire commented. "How worried are you that, were he to win, he'd take this to a very un-American place? "

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"Extremely worried," the historian immediately replied. "This is something we've never seen before in American history. Major party nominees saying, 'Elect me, and I'm going to use the DOJ, the Defense Department, against my domestic enemies, jail people."

"What we've had for over two centuries of a presidency, operating more or less within the boundaries of the law," he added. "Now, with the help of the Supreme Court saying a president is immune from prosecution, we may, in 32 days, have a dictator."

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