Like Mussolini, Trump is dismissive of democratic institutions. He selfishly guards his image of a self-made outsider who will "dismantle the establishment" in the words of one of his supporters. That this includes cracking down on a free press by toughening libel laws, engaging in the ethnic cleansing of 11 million people ("illegals"), stripping away citizenship of those seen as illegitimate members of the nation (children of the "illegals"), and committing war crimes in the protection of the nation (killing the families of suspected terrorists) only enhances his stature among his supporters. The discrepancy between their love of America and these brutal and undemocratic methods does not bother them one iota. To borrow from Paxton again: "Fascism was an affair of the gut more than of the brain." For Trump and his supporters, the struggle against "political correctness" in all its forms is more important than the fine print of the Constitution.
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