Some true and scary stories from around the world.
In Hungary there is Orban, whose party of FIDESZ won an election fair and square. So they replaced all the possible opponents and changed the Constitution, so that a simple majority in the parliament can modify the constitution. In the morning FIDESZ decides to bring forth some crazy idea, and by the afternoon it is part of the laws AND the constitution.
Of course they still have nominal elections, but they just like under the communist regime: there was only party to vote for, and if you did not vote for them, your vote did not count. So the result was a 99.6 approval for the communists. That is what Orban likes to have. And then there is Putin, Kim Jong Un, Xi and all the other autocrats. All admired by Trump.
They do have nominal “elections”, but they are rigged. That is what Trump would prefer. He even openly declared to support lifelong presidential assignment. Of course his supporters quickly declared it as a joke. What a “joke”. Just like when he declared “Eff the law”, and when he boasted about shooting someone on Fifth Avenue and get away with it. And grabbing women by their private parts. And declaring that a president can do ANYTHING he wants.
These are much more serious, than his uncouth behavior.