Merkel: Trump Has A “Fascination” With Dictators

“In the way that he spoke about Putin, the way that he spoke about the North Korean president, obviously, apart from critical remarks he made, there was always a kind of fascination at the sheer power of what these people could do. So my impression always was that he dreamt of actually overriding maybe all those parliamentary bodies that he felt were in a way, an encumbrance upon him and that he wanted to decide matters on his own. And in a democracy, well, you cannot reconcile that with democratic values.” – Former German chancellor Angela Merkel, speaking to CNN.

President Trump always had “a kind of fascination at the sheer power” of autocrats and dictators like Putin or Kim Jong Un, Angela Merkel tells me.

“My impression always

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