Guys like Trump have always existed. The autocratic type wannabe dictator.
IMO they are not the biggest danger in a system with proper checks and balances as the US has.
It is actually Bill Barr who is the danger to the Democracy. The smart, powerful behind the scenes hitman and goon who knows how to clear the path to get his chosen leader thru the minefield that is the road to true power.
I think, if Trump gets a second term, you will see Bill Barr wield that office of AG like never before. If top Dem's call Trump to account on anything in terms of launching investigations they will find themselves looking down the barrel of a criminal investigation. And we all know that most life long politicians do not want a criminal probe lead by a man with an agenda to look into all of their pasts.
Barr sent a very clear with the charging of Richard Burr (powerful Dem investigating Trump) and letting off Kelly Loeffler (GOP Trump sycophant) whose insider trading seems even more egregious.
He basically said you can can try and ruin Trump with politics but I will put you in jail, so play that game if you want.
Trump is a wannabe King Joffrey but Barr is Tywin Lannister, the true ruler standing in the shadows behind the King.
Now who can we find to play Tyrion to Trump's Joffrey.