.ON OCTOBER 23RD Kamala Harris said that she takes into consideration Donald Trump to be a fascist. John Kelly, Mr Trump’s previous main of workers, just recently said his old supervisor “comes under the standard interpretation of fascist”. Score Milley, a retired general who headed the joint chiefs of staff under Mr Trump, is quoted in a new publication contacting Mr Trump “fascist to the core”.
All this has boosted a dispute that began in the course of Mr Trump’s run for president in 2016: is he a fascist? What performs the phrase mean, and does administering it to Mr Trump help to detail the risks he presents?