I understand that, but the people literally voted for someone who promised to get rid of checks and balances, and rule as a dictator. Isn't that what they wanted?

Republicans and independents indicated in polls that they did not take what Trump said during the 2024 campaign literally. Voters didn’t give him a mandate, they thought they were voting for a troll.

https://www.dataforprogress.org/blog/2024/10/22/many-voters-...

An oversimplification is that people voted against the status quo, not necessarily "for" Trump. Since the US only has a two-party system, the actual policies were irrelevant.

I don't think he is condoning it or saying it's legal, simply that it was a campaign promise being fulfilled.