Posted this awhile back, but I'll drop it in here since it fits the current discussion. Political science professor Lawrence Britt published this in 2003, 13 years before Trump was elected. Fourteen notable characteristics of fascism.
1. Powerful and Continuing Nationalism
2. Disdain for the Recognition of Human Rights
3.Identification of Enemies/Scapegoats as a Unifying Cause
4. Supremacy of the Military
5. Rampant Sexism
6. Controlled Mass Media
7. Obsession with National Security
8. Religion and Government are Intertwined
9. Corporate Power is Protected
10. Labor Power is Suppressed
11. Disdain for Intellectuals and the Arts
12. Obsession with Crime and Punishment
13. Rampant Cronyism and Corruption
14. Fraudulent Elections
Britt was describing fascism as it had then existed in the past. However, had Britt had been attempting to predict the characteristics of a future American President and his following, he must have had psychic powers of precognition.