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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    The only Jesse Watters clip I can get behind is the one where his mom tells him how disappointed she is in him for lying to people for profit.

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        One of the scariest things about parenting is how little control you really have over outcomes for your kids. I have watched my kid make bad decisions and thereā€™s just fuck all I can do but hope she learns from the experience and isnā€™t too badly hurt by it while giving her all the love I can.

        Iā€™m not talking about falling down the stairs of course; certainly nothing safety related. But decisions with friends, academics ā€¦ you can model good behavior, your can inform, you can supply incentives, and consequences, but end of day, itā€™s their life.

        I mean my mom is a raging Qanon, Trump loving, anti-vax (recently), evangelical and Iā€™d happily vote for Bernie and got my last round of boosters a few days ago, so it goes both ways I guess.

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        Unfortunately, this happens way too often. Despite their familyā€™s best intentions for them, money speaks louder.