Yes he is a dictator. If you think otherwise then you are fooling yourself.
dictator is someone who has absolute power — or who at least behaves as if they do by bossing others around. In government, a dictator is a ruler who has total control over a country, with no checks or balances to prevent abuse of power.
I think this pretty much encapsulates what trump is about. He has isolated free press coverage. Sues or legally threatens anyone who has reported on or objected to his activities. It seems he or his sidekicks are physically threatening his opposition too.The Constitution is being trodden over and he is deliberately tanking the economy to enable his billionaire colleagues to deepen their pockets. He has permitted musk to take over American communications systems, ( no more verizon), SpaceX, the FAA and his cars...,( although that isn't exactly booming at present.)
No 'business man' worth their salt would allow one man to dominate so many industries if he goes down, they all do. The most farcical thing I can see is that trump is literally robbing the poor to give musk billions upon billions of dollars. He just so happens to have convinced the less mentally agile that that is how it should be.
Ps look up why musk is dismantling all these groups ...most of them were investigating him for dubious business practices, sexual discrimination and the like. That's why he said before the election when talking to not hannity, the one who left fox can't remember his name, ( the pro putin Russia one 🤔) that he would be in jail if trump didn't win.
So even if you don't believe all the other stuff do you want the guy who has blown up 2 space craft in the last few weeks taking over NASA and your airlines ......because that's what's next.