Sadly, yes, that is indeed my impression. Not that they are phrasing it exactly like that, but they do seem to be be quite pleased with the idea of trump doing everything consistent with the definition of that term. His supporters are not, for the most part, unaware of what he is saying and planning; they are of it and approve of it.

I was disturbed some years ago now when I found right-wing Americans on-line, when confronted with the charge that some trumpism or other was undemocratic, countering that the US "is not a democracy; it is a republic". This startling and radical attempt to untether the idea of the US from that of democracy seems to me to be preparing the ground for a widespread acceptance of the idea of dictatorship (after all, Nazi Germany was a "republic"; Fascist Italy was a "republic"; Putin's Russia is a "republic"). Yes, it's scary.

Don't forget: these are the people who were happy to see toddlers torn from their mothers' arms, with no way for them ever to be returned to those arms.