Donald J. Trumpā€™s declaration Tuesday night that he would be a ā€œdictatorā€ only on ā€œDay Oneā€ of his presidency wasnā€™t to be taken seriously, Fox News host Jesse Watters insisted Wednesday.

ā€œItā€™s only a dictatorship for one day, guys,ā€ Watters began, chuckling. ā€œHeā€™ll just sit and sign executive orders like Biden did.ā€

Trump, Watters claimed, ā€œknows exactly what he is doing.ā€

ā€œHeā€™s teasing the press and they just took the bait,ā€ he claimed, before playing clips of two MSNBC contributors whoā€”unlike Wattersā€”were not taking Trump lightly.

ā€œLook how unhappy these people look. MSNBC needs to relax. And donā€™t you dare laugh at Trumpā€™s jokes. They arenā€™t funny,ā€ the Fox host said, before going to another round of clips, this time from the rival networkā€™s Morning Joe show.

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    In 2016 I heard people say they like Trump bc he says what he means.

    For someone who says what they mean, there sure is a lot of explaining intent coming from the right.

    Every 4 years we get the summer Olympics, and yet the hurdles competition there still ainā€™t in the level of MAGAts trying to walk back the latest Trump comment.

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      ā€œyou canā€™t take him literally, but you have to take him seriously.ā€ actual MAGoo quote.

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      2016 was two things at the same time:

      • ā€œHe says what he means.ā€
      • ā€œThatā€™s just locker room talk.ā€

      Often said one right after the other.

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      Republicans do not argue in good faith. Theyā€™re willing to sacrifice our entire government to the will of this one man and nothing can change their minds. To them, there is no arguments to be had so they twist words and lie to your face just to get you to react.