I've been thinking back to a couple pieces I wrote last time Trump came to town—reminders that Trumpism is part of broader American pathologies.
The cult of the presidency: https://www.americamagazine.org/politics-society/2018/05/30/election-2020-trump-biden-law-and-order-229948
Inequality is an American strategy: https://www.americamagazine.org/politics-society/2017/11/22/cowboy-country-inequality-not-bug-its-uniquely-american-strategy