text: Exactly. Trump exhibits most of the traits of fascism: He asserts that the Fatherland has lost its former glory and is under attack from within and from without. He scapegoats racial, ethnic and religious minorities. He proposes to keep people out and throw people out based on ethnic and religious considerations. He taps into fear and stokes hate. He mocks the disabled, attacks minorities and ridicules women. He offers not so much a program or a policy, but simply himself, the Great White Savior. He shows little understanding of how democratic institutions work and he demonstrates no inclination to work within them.
  But the United States in 2016 is not Germany in the 1930s.  Our institutions are stronger, our democracy more secure. We will survive the Trump presidency, but given his contempt for our system and institutions of government, and his corruption, incompetence and instability, the Trump presidency will be the most serious test of constitutional government since the Civil War.