Trumps says of a potential second-term that he would not be a dictator “except for day one” - what he would do in his first 24-hours of presidential power. That, as a former Trump official is openly saying in interviews: We’ll come after government and media “conspirators”. Plus, Biden tells a room full of donors “I’m not sure I’d be running” if Trump wasn’t. And, a Senate meeting on Ukraine aid turns into a shouting match about border funding. Also this morning: federal prosecutors are to use Trump’s embrace of January 6 rioters at his trial, US officials say the Gaza ground operation could end by January, and DHS Secretary Mayorkas on the surge in border crossings. 

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