In 2016 John McNeill, a professor of history at Georgetown University, looked at the Trump campaign and compared it to some typical fascist indicators.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/poste...mula-for-that/
At that time he judged that Trump could only be awarded 26 out of a possible 44 points. Puts him behind Franco and Salazar.
Given his behavior since he could easily get another 10.
Purging the party alone gets him 3
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