What made the Trump presidency possible in 2016 ?

What made the Trump presidency possible in 2016 was simply that " OUR democracy " had already become a joke : The Democratic Party infected with cynical Neo-Liberalism helped end what passed for " OUR democracy" True the speeches of Donald Trump have a decidedly FASCIST tone even if the mainstream news media often smears him and lies about him. After all the news media in the USA has come a long way from sterling LIBERALISM. And the Democratic Party has an aura of STALINISM in recent years.Perhaps STALINISM and FASCISM are twins? Read " IT CAN'T HAPPEN HERE" by American author Sinclair Lewis. Donald Trump returns to stage with speech at North Carolina GOP convention