Last night Trump enjoyed a Town Hall with a packed crowd in Davenport, Iowa. Sean Hannity hosted.
First item on the agenda:
"The former president turned some heads with some of his comments during the town hall, most notably with his comments to Hannity's question asking Trump to pledge to "never abuse power as retribution against anybody."
"Except for day one," Trump said. "I want to close the border and I want to drill, drill, drill."
Hannity said "that's not retribution," with Trump quipping back, "I love this guy, he says, 'you're not going to be a dictator are you?'"
"I said, 'No, no, no, other than day one," Trump said.
"We're closing the border and we're drilling, drilling, drilling," Trump said. "After that, I'm not a dictator."
Hannity said that it sounded like what Trump was saying was that he would go back to his first-term policies, to which the former president agreed.
Trump's comments come after
multiple media outlets claimed a second term for the former president would result in a "dictatorship."
It's a pretty safe bet based on his track record in his first term, Trump would not use the DOJ/FBI, the IRS, or any other government agency with law enforcement authority to go after any political opponents either in government or in the private sector. He was heavily criticized for not going after Hillary once he was in office.