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Multiple analyses characterize a range of President Trump’s actions and rhetoric as aligning with authoritarian or fascist patterns: these include efforts to concentrate executive power, attacks on in...
Multiple public commentators, scholars, and advocacy groups have described aspects of Donald Trump’s rhetoric and governance as or reflective of “fascist” tendencies, but direct, on-the-record instanc...
Donald Trump made several public remarks during and after his presidency that referenced the idea of a “dictator” — at times invoking the concept as a hypothetical or joke and at other times denying h...
The assembled analyses conclude that many scholars and observers see , identifying tactics that resemble those used by historical authoritarian leaders—concentrating executive power, undermining insti...
Scholarly surveys and multiple reports in the supplied material conclude that elements of Donald Trump’s rhetoric, policy proposals, and governing practices have been characterized as , while at least...
Donald Trump has been repeatedly compared to an international cohort of leaders accused of authoritarianism—most prominently Hungary’s Viktor Orbán and Brazil’s Jair Bolsonaro—with analysts pointing t...
Donald Trump’s immigration policies are presented by multiple analysts as —expanded surveillance, punitive detention, legal restrictions, and institutional undermining—while debate remains about inten...
Scholarly surveys and investigative reports converge on a set of repeatable tied to the Trump presidency: expansion of executive power, attacks on independent institutions (courts, statistics agencies...
The claims labeled as “fascist” against specific Trump administration policies center on the expansion of state repression tools: designations of domestic groups as terrorists, use of federal law enfo...
The core claims that former President Donald Trump is weakening democratic norms center on a pattern of actions alleged to politicize independent institutions, license lawbreaking through pardons, and...
Donald Trump’s claims to expanded presidential power combine promises of sweeping use of pardons, control over investigations, regulatory retaliation, and broad executive actions; experts warn these m...