Socialist Progressives

and I've said this all along. Trump is an opportunist, NOT a committed ideologue. Which is why calling him a fascist is factually wrong. He is, however, calling on the social forces that create fascism to support his opportunism and that's pretty dangerous. Those forces are like a djinn and REALLY difficult to return to the bottle once they're released. Think Ukraine.

Of course he's calling on these forces because he THINKS he can control them and they will benefit him. Also like Ukraine. That's the hubris of the bourgeoisie. Fascists are the last line of defense for the system against the rest of us. When parts of the bourgeoisie trot them out for anything less than that last line of defense, they are playing with social fire. However, we can be glad of one thing in this whole farce. And that is Trump is NOT a committed fascist ideologue. If he was, we'd be in even more trouble.

And I agree with your Mussolini analogy. To me he's showing more of Mussolini's fascism than Hitler's. A slight difference in style.