I could have mentioned Leonard Leo and the Federalist Society but I'm glad you did. The powers that be tried to advance the Imperial Presidency with W Bush but he was left wanting as well.
Eventually, a populist dummy will seem to have all the skills and talents for Emporer. For my own reasons, I believe Rap's Emporer thread is genius.

Yeah, Trump is political but he is not the ideal authoritarian God.
I wonder if double-faced Trump will flip-flop to support HAMAS to raise his violent mob quotient. So far the protestors at his trial are few in number as low as ONE.