A couple of marks of fascists:

1.  Declare that the free press is an enemy of the people, and only the fascist leader can be trusted to tell you what is going on.

2.  Tell the same lies over and over and over, despite the evidence.  Repetition wears out the public and they'll believe any lie. 

Trump is not merely a mentally unhinged narcissist on a power trip.  He is not merely feathering his own bed off the Presidency of the United States.  He has taken directions toward having an authoritarian government.  And yet people like Valantas still buy into Trump's crap.  Democracy has failed and failed hard when we have a population that is this gullible.  Valantas should never vote again.  Valantas has proved himself too stupid to vote responibly.