Putin says it. Erdoğan says it. Xi says it.
Washington didn't say it. Lincoln didn't say it. Roosevelt didn't say it.
Trump says it.
He's saying obedience and respect are the same thing.
They're not.
Respect is earned. It's given freely when deserved.
Obedience is compliance under threat.
"Agree with me or face consequences."
That's the operating principle of every authoritarian who ever held power. That's not a democratic norm.
It's the opposite of freedom.