As I said in a top level comment, the better term is competitive authoritarianism. They tend to do what they can get away with and try to push that limit. One

As I said in a top level comment, the better term is competitive authoritarianism. They tend to do what they can get away with and try to push that limit. One can argue about the specifics but Trump's administration certainly fits that style to a very large degree. > direct oppression from speech, activism People have been arrested in the US lately for activism and in many cases without any justification. I doesn't seem like the administration will get away with it, but they certainly seem to try.