“I am going to give the last word to Timothy Snyder, the Yale historian:”
‘Trump is in the classic dictatorial position: He needs to die in bed holding all executive power to stay out of prison. This means that he will do whatever he can to gain power, and once in power will do all that he can to never let it go. This is a basic incentive structure which underlies everything else. It is entirely inconsistent with democracy.’
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/21/opinion/trump-second-term-2025.html