CHESTER, Vt. (WCAX) - Dozens of supporters gathered in the Windsor County town of Chester following a rally supporting President Trump and his agenda.

Rally attendees rejected characterizations of Trump as authoritarian, instead framing his return to office as necessary leadership.

“He is not a king. He doesn’t want to be a king. We don’t look at him as a king. We look at him as a leader,” said Gregory Thayer of ‘Vermonters for Vermont’.

Supporters contended former President Joe Biden overextended his authority and said the second Trump administration represents a political course correction.

“I think we got away from the constitution under the Biden administration and I think we’re getting back to it now. Less government, that’s the intent. We have a $37 trillion dollar debt, absolute

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