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Have you read Sinclair Lewis' It Can't Happen Here? The story tells of Senator Berzelius "Buzz" Windrip who runs for president and who is a tool of the far right behind-the-scenes folks who need a face for their campaign. An overview of the scenario from Wikipedia:

Although having previously foreshadowed some authoritarian measures to reorganize the United States government, Windrip rapidly outlaws dissent, incarcerates political enemies in concentration camps, and trains and arms a paramilitary force called the Minute Men (named after the Revolutionary War militias of the same name), who terrorize citizens and enforce the policies of Windrip and his capitalist regime. One of Windrip's first acts as president is to eliminate the influence of the United States Congress, which draws the ire of many citizens as well as the legislators themselves. The Minute Men respond to protests against Windrip's decisions harshly, attacking demonstrators with bayonets. In addition to these actions, Windrip's administration, known as the Corpo government, curtails women's and minority rights, and eliminates individual states by subdividing the country into administrative sectors. The government of these sectors is managed by Corpo authorities, usually prominent businessmen or Minute Men officers. Those accused of crimes against the government appear before kangaroo courts presided over by military judges. Despite these dictatorial and "quasi-draconian" measures, a majority of Americans approve of them, seeing them as painful but necessary steps to restore U.S. power.

Trump is Windrip. That's all there is to it. The Corpo are Murdoch, Koch (the remaining brother), and a few other uber rich and connected Federalist Society and Libertarian folks. The book was written in 1935 by a prescient author who had his eye on American politics. Eighty-plus years later, along came bumbling Trump and it all was set into motion.