It is certainly the openly espoused plan of numerous Republicans, in every branch of government. Whether or not it's his plan, it does seem to be the plan, and

It is certainly the openly espoused plan of numerous Republicans, in every branch of government. Whether or not it's his plan, it does seem to be the plan, and for whatever reason they all seem to believe Trump is reading from the same playbook. I think the lesson that gets lost with Hitler analogies is that authoritarianism, when it arises, does so in a unique cultural context. I can see Trump kind of being a figurehead and patsy for the more organized and directed forces around him, depending on how well he can be manipulated. History doesn't have to repeat but it can rhyme. It's like this nonsense with Greenland and Canada. It should be too ridiculous to take seriously, and yeah it probably won't come to anything, because Trump and Musk talk shit all the time, but then we live in a time where the most potent political force in the Western world started as a 4chan shitpost and Elon Musk is basically co-President who knows what the parameters of reality even are anymore?