It still stuns me that people would vote for such a total creep.
That still stuns me. There are tons of shady people running for office every day, but Trump is the only one I can think of who presented his awfulness in plain view as the reasons for people to vote for him, and won.
And back to the “Warning Signs” discussion, they’re just that–warning signs. Clearly the executive branch has some fascists in it, but that’s not the whole government. It’s not even the whole executive branch. Nevertheless, the acceptable amount of fascists in government is zero.