Demagogues vs. Dictators
Notwithstanding the mob assault on the US Capitol and the start of his second impeachment trial, the fact that Donald Trump has left the White House is proof that he was never a fascist dictator but rather an American-style populist demagogue. Such figures often appear in democracies where large cohorts of society are no longer adequately represented.
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AUSTIN – Throughout Donald Trump’s single term as president of the United States, his opponents in both the Democratic and Republican parties frequently portrayed him as a would-be fascist dictator. But with Trump ousted from the White House, this analogy has become untenable. The Italian leader Trump resembles most is not the fascist dictator Benito Mussolini but rather Silvio Berlusconi, the scandal-prone former prime minister.