I’d say Trump was definitely toeing the line. Taking all his actions as a whole
1) sending federal police to Portland and randomly kidnapping people
2) literally spewing lies every other word to the point you don’t know what’s real
3) wanting a military parade with tanks saluting him
4) inciting a mob to storm a democratically elected legislative assembly
5) expecting Supreme Court picks to be loyal to him specifically
6) undermining the integrity of an election which his own government and party often admitted was secure
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