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Intimidation in Academic Job Interview?

I need some advice. I recently had a campus interview at a school that is going through some restructuring with a new president. I met with the new president at the end of my day-long interview. I liked all of the people at the school until I met him. We met in an ornate conference room covered in faux gold relief and Louis XIV style furniture. When we met he didn't even stand to greet me. He told me that in the past, presidents of the university didn't typically meet with job candidates, but he was going to meet with all of the job candidates from the present onward to make sure that all who would potentially be hired would be supportive of his mission. His mission, as it seemed, was to increase enrollment and establish global exchanges. Seems common enough, right? So why the intimidation? He then told me to go to his newly established "Hall of Knowledge" and read the plaques dedicated to thinkers X, Y, and Z to further understand his mission. It was all in the abstract and really a bit creepy. We ended the interview and I was just a bit unnerved from the entire exchange. I think it has something to do with the fact that the past president was forced to resign because of a faculty protest.
I don't have much experience meeting with university presidents. Is this normal? Do they all seem power hungry? I don't think I'll accept this position if they offer it to me. I feel like I'd be walking into a dictatorship. I know it sounds like I've just solved my own dilemma, but I really just need some support because this was my first campus interview for a tenure track position ever.
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It's not normal, but you won't meet with that person again for years, if ever. If that's the only off-putting part of a campus visit for a job you'd otherwise accept and the rest of the terms are agreeable to you, chalk it up to personal weirdness and accept the position.