President Obama has long made clear his desire to rule in a system devoid of constitutional complexity, occasionally lamenting the fact that he is not a dictator. So he must be enjoying his trip to China this week, where he is getting the opportunity to dress like one and engage in some totalitarian roleplay.
![Obama and Chinese "president" Xi Jinping. (AP)](https://freebeacon.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/AP270717260310.jpg)
![Obama avoids eye contact with Russian "president" Vladimir Putin. (AP)](https://freebeacon.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/AP894186626573.jpg)
Here are some photos of Obama dressed as a dictator paired with actual quotes of him wishing he was one, perhaps trying to remind himself: "it's only a costume."