I think the author makes one mistake that unravels the entire piece - the US has 3 branches of government, and even if it ignores federal limits, it's hard to f

I think the author makes one mistake that unravels the entire piece - the US has 3 branches of government, and even if it ignores federal limits, it's hard to fire judges and congress. These checks and balances are built into the legal foundation of our country, and are extremely hard to undo. So while any given president may be able to get his way for a while (FDR being the best example), the idea that Trump or anyone else being able to turn this country into a dictatorship really cannot be taken seriously. Throw the country into a constitutional crises or put us on the verge of revolution/civil war? Plausible. But to get to dictatorship without going through all that? Hard to even comprehend.