Is America a dictatorship yet? Judge for yourself.
Here is Director of "Homeland Security", Sec Noem in LA to oversee the (now declared illegal) militarisation of their streets.
“We are not leaving. We are staying here to liberate the city from the socialists and the burdensome leadership that this governor and that this mayor have placed on this country."
Note that the governor and mayor she wants to "liberate" them from were elected.