This isn’t about standing up for a dictator or not, this is about a few questions. Trump just suggested the following answers.

If a country doesn’t like the leader of another country and how they ruin it, can they intervene? YES.

Does a leader need any sort of approval before they intervene? NO.

What sort of intervention can they do? BOMBING AND KIDNAPPING ARE JUST FINE TO FORCE REGIME CHANGE.

This implications of this internally are big enough within the US, but internationally we are setting precedent for these same answers to be used against any country at any time. What would be different about Russia or China doing the same to any country they disprove of? What’s to stop them from using it as a flimsy excuse for imperialism?