You know what I’m seeing more of in year one of term two?

The chest puff. The alpha strut. The language of conquest.

Every policy announcement is couched in domination. Cities are “taken back.” Protestors are “crushed.” Journalists are “destroyed.” He speaks in conquest metaphors now. Not persuasion. Not inclusion.

That’s not just rhetoric. That’s worldview.

His masculinity is fused to power. And in his second term, the message to men is simple: join me or be weak. It’s why the raids are filmed. It’s why dissent is labeled cowardice. This isn’t leadership. It’s performance bullying. At national scale.

Authoritarianism doesn’t always march in lockstep. Sometimes it swaggers in with a red tie and a smirk.