At a rally in Michigan over the weekend, Donald Trump\xa0uncorked one of his longest rants\xa0ever in praise of the world\u2019s autocrats, strongmen and dictators. He hailed Xi Jinping of China as \u201cbrilliant\u201d for controlling 1.4 billion people \u201cwith an iron fist,\u201d and described Xi, Russia\u2019s Vladimir Putin and Hungary\u2019s Viktor Orban as \u201ctough\u201d and \u201csmart.\u201d We talked to Rick Wilson, the prominent Never Trumper and\xa0Substacker, about Trump\u2019s explicit campaign promise of authoritarian rule, the GOP\u2019s enthusiastic embrace of it, and the media\u2019s utter failure to alert voters to what\u2019s coming. Listen to this episode\xa0here.\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices