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It's pretty clear what powers the office of the Presidency was granted by the founding fathers; whether or not someone wants to describe those powers as "near dictatorial" is really just a matter of opinion, isn't it?
Opinions can be wrong! You may have a legal right to hold them, but it is absolutely that someone call bullshit, and in full detail about why the are bullshit.
These opinions have effects! Laws have to be interpreted in context. If you start calling the president a dictator, pretty soon the courts will be interpreting the constitution as justifying that, whether or not earlier understanding of the law were similar: see Commerce Clause.