> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.europeans.today/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # IF you wanted to be a dictator, you could... - URL: https://www.europeans.today/2025/03/01/if-you-wanted-to-be-a-dictator-you-could/ - Published: 2025-03-01T01:01:00.000Z - Updated: 2025-03-01T05:16:39.000Z - Description: A step-by-step guide to dismantling American democracy: seize control of institutions, silence dissent, manipulate justice, embrace dictators, deceive voters, and undermine alliances — all within 100 days. Autocracy, achieved. - Author: B. Jay Cooper - Tags: OPINION, United States, US Politics, Donald Trump, Trump 2.0, Trump Administration 2025, US Democracy, Dictatorship, Authoritarianism - [Put loyalists in charge](https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/12/briefing/trump-gabbard-patel.html?ref=europeans.today) of the intelligence services, the Justice Department, the FBI, and the military; - [Fire the inspectors general](https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/01/24/trump-fire-inspectors-general-federal-agencies/?ref=europeans.today) who are responsible for identifying waste, fraud and abuse in your Administration; - [Fire the top lawyers in your military](https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/22/us/politics/hegseth-firings-military-lawyers-jag.html?ref=europeans.today) who administer the military code of justice and prosecute and defend U.S. service members in military court; - [Get out of jail any of your strongest supporters](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cjw4vjvlgxpo?ref=europeans.today), who already have proven they will take up arms to fight for you; - [Blow up the global alliance](https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/donald-trump-pulling-us-troops-from-europe-in-blow-to-nato-allies-report/ar-AA1xJZND?ref=europeans.today) of like-minded democracies who have protected the world against dictators for 80 years, banding together militarily if necessary to stop the spread of despots; - [Get in bed with the worst, murderous dictator in the world](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14416393/Why-Trump-putty-Putins-hands-Rumours-Russian-kompromat-dismissed-fake-news-president-real-reason-hes-cosying-Putin.html?ref=europeans.today) who has wanted nothing more than to break up the primary alliance against him and destroy your own country; - [Lie to get elected](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-tax-republican-budget-bill-b2706701.html?ref=europeans.today), promising the working people a tax cut, all the while planning to give that tax cut only to the wealthiest in your kingdom; - [Deny any knowledge of your sponsors’ written and publicized plan](https://www.forbes.com/sites/alisondurkee/2025/02/06/heres-how-trumps-executive-orders-align-with-project-2025-as-co-author-nears-senate-confirmation/?ref=europeans.today) to make over the country’s government from Day One and then follow that blueprint to its letter; - [Take over one of the country’s leading, non-partisan arts institutions](https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2025/feb/24/trump-kennedy-center-takeover?ref=europeans.today) to control the type of art it offers to the public, one that only reflects your wishes; - [Hand over the huge project](https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-hands-elon-musk-doge-130220138.html?ref=europeans.today) of reducing the federal budget and organization to the richest man in the world who leads companies regulated by that same federal government and trust him to do the right things; - Lobby, from Day One, for [serving beyond the Constitution’s allowed limit](https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-third-term-constitution-forbids-rcna193329?ref=europeans.today); - [Lead the effort to rip apart the Constitution](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/01/trump-executive-orders-constitution-law?ref=europeans.today) which you swore an oath to defend; - [Use schoolyard insults against a U.S. ally](https://edition.cnn.com/2025/02/20/politics/trump-zelensky-rift-ukraine-war/index.html?ref=europeans.today) who is trying to fight off a Russian dictator whose goal is to destroy his country and the United States of America; - Claim to be cutting waste, fraud and abuse but instead [eliminate programs voted into law by a duly elected Congress](https://www.npr.org/sections/goats-and-soda/2025/02/26/nx-s1-5310673/usaid-trump-administration-global-health?ref=europeans.today), programs you simply disagree with; - [Instill fear into anyone in your own party](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/27/republicans-trump-threats?ref=europeans.today) who dares to say anything that disputes you; - Put out official [White House](https://x.com/WhiteHouse/status/1892295984928993698?ref=europeans.today) documents that state “Long Live the King,” referring to yourself; - [Blackmail a country who is fighting off the United States’ primary enemy](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/feb/22/its-blackmail-ukrainians-react-to-trump-demand-for-500bn-share-of-minerals?ref=europeans.today) into handing over their rare earth minerals in return for your military support; - [Limit the media’s access to the President](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ce30n52e6p1o?ref=europeans.today) because it doesn’t use the language you prefer. And, if you can get that done all within the first 100 days of your rule... Voila! [![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/15/40/1540bec0-7154-4feb-b8e1-97f579155b08/content/images/2025/03/x-0013-min.png)](https://x.com/WhiteHouse/status/1892295984928993698?ref=europeans.today) — CREDIT: X-TWITTER/THE WHITE HOUSE — ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/15/40/1540bec0-7154-4feb-b8e1-97f579155b08/content/images/2021/09/end-flat-1.png) ### --- ### **Sources:** ##### ▪ This piece was first published in [The Screaming Moderate](http://www.bjaycooper.com/blog/if-you-wanted-to-be-a-dictator-you-could?ref=europeans.today) and re-published in Europeans TODAY on 1 March 2025 under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International licence. | The author writes in a personal capacity. ##### ▪ **Cover:** Grok 3/AI-generated image. ---