American Fascism
It's not that hard to visualize
Trump was a test run. He lacked critical qualities that would have allowed full-blown American fascism to be implemented. Donald J. Trump is utterly devoid of the traits that add up to leadership competence.
Recent fascist deity contender DeSantis lacks personal charisma. True evil cannot happen without all four criteria meeting in the center.
Doom comes when a Republican with all of the Venn chart qualities gets national attention, runs the gauntlet of sycophants and nincompoops successfully, gets the messaging right and stays consistent, and consolidates the destruction of institutions while securing the machinations needed to become a god-king in the USA.
Based on this Venn diagram, here is what I think is missing for a Republican fascist nation-state to emerge:
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