Cheney and the police state would never lie to us, would they? China is smiling now, they may not remember the reason for keeping your enemies closer.
Your fucking orange idol wanted to circumvent the election to remain in power. He even instigated an attempted coup. He wanted demonstrators against him shot. But do go on and tell us of this police state you're talking about.
I don't think these guys have a first clue. The current fashion for the devil you don't know has this guy in a runoff with another guy nobody especially wants in Colombia. This elderly orange, died hair 76 year old property developer explained about the "famous German thinker" Adolf Hitler in 2016 and he is using the same populist playbook as they all do now. The next guy points out that he could have used a similar observation by Einstein about repeating failures but, Adolf is Rudolpho's mentor.
The "right" here on ET are basically invariably nationalists. The difference between patriotism and nationalism was summarised by George Orwell: “By 'patriotism' I mean devotion to a particular place and a particular way of life, which one believes to be the best in the world but has no wish to force upon other people. Patriotism is of its nature defensive, both militarily and culturally. Nationalism, on the other hand, is inseparable from the desire for power. The abiding purpose of every nationalist is to secure more power and more prestige, not for himself but for the nation or other unit in which he has chosen to sink his own individuality.”