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Trump Film Ellipse Jan. 6, 2021 on Vimeo

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Trump Film Ellipse Jan. 6, 2021 on Vimeo

While I hadn't seen this film yet - in part because of my ignorance - and in part because of internet censorship, it's worth a watch. It really does have all the marks of fascism, something out of the propaganda film in the The Parallax View. I actually hope it's preserved for history and discussed in social studies classes in the context of how democracy prevailed over fascism. 

A Study in Fascist Propaganda

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Movie at the Ellipse: A Study in Fascist Propaganda

Fascism is a patriarchal cult of the leader, who promises national restoration in the face of supposed humiliation by a treacherous and power-hungry global elite, who have encouraged minorities to destabilize the social order as part of their plan to dominate the “true nation,” and fold them into a global world government. The fascist leader is the father of his nation, in a very real sense like the father in a traditional patriarchal family. He mobilizes the masses by reminding them of what they supposedly have lost, and who it is that is responsible for that loss – the figures who control democracy itself, the elite; Nazi ideology is a species of fascism in which this global elite are Jews.

How America Changed During Trump’s Presidency | Pew Research Center

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How America Changed During Trump’s Presidency | Pew Research Center

Donald Trump stunned the political world in 2016 when he became the first person without government or military experience ever to be elected president of the United States. His four-year tenure in the White House revealed extraordinary fissures in American society but left little doubt that he is a figure unlike any other in the nation’s history.

NPR

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The History Of One-Term Presidents Running For Office Again : NPR

The Senate had a test vote this week that cast deep doubt on the prospects for convicting former President Donald Trump on the impeachment charge now pending against him. Without a two-thirds majority for conviction, there will not be a second vote in the Senate to bar him from future federal office.

Also this week, Politico released a Morning Consult poll that found 56% of Republicans saying that Trump should run again in 2024. As he left Washington, D.C., on Jan. 20, he said he expected to be "back in some form."

So will he seek a comeback? And if he does, what are his chances of returning to the White House?

History provides little guidance on these questions. There is little precedent for a former president running again, let alone winning. But since when has the lack of precedent bothered Donald Trump?