I take exception with any attempt to water down what Trump is doing or with any suggestion that the gravest danger lies with the flunkies/courtiers surrounding him. The gravest danger is Trump, not as president, but as the leader of the MAGA Klan. Upwards of perhaps a hundred million MAGAdytes hang on Trump’s every word and fully support his every action – even when he is betraying everything he promised them.
You see, to the MAGAdytes, Trump was simply playing 10-dimensional chess with words – nothing more. Because the MAGAdytes don’t really want peace and freedom and economic prosperity. What do they want? Whatever Trump wants them to want. Period.