[freeandfreezing]

That is, under the emergency orders in effect, he does, indeed, have dictator powers.

He explained that the powers were those of the presidency, not him in particular, and that they were in the context of this emergency only.

[elpadre]

“....He explained that the powers...” I was listening and didn’t hear it. He just repeated several times that he had authority over everyone. Later Pence did explain.

If you want to rile up a red-blooded American just declare you have dictatorial power.

We threw out a monarch in 1776 for that reason.

POTUS does in fact act properly in working with governors. It is during these WWE style press conferences the wrong words are heard.