I can’t help but to read this as “we need a life-long dictator so we will not have to deal with the results of the elections”
David Frum in 2018:
> Maybe you do not care much about the future of the Republican Party. You should. Conservatives will always be with us. If conservatives become convinced they cannot win democratically, they will not abandon conservatism. They will reject democracy. The stability of American society depends on conservatives' ability to find a way forward from the Trump dead end, toward a conservatism that can not only win elections but also govern responsibly, a conservatism that is culturally modern, economically inclusive, and environmentally responsible […]
* https://www.goodreads.com/work/quotes/56364271-trumpocracy-t...
* https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2018/01/frum-tr...