Worth remembering that the left (me included, I would imagine) spent most of the 80s calling Thatcher a fascist.I beg to disagree. Trumps rhetoric, desires for autocracy and using national guard against any dissenting "enemies within" opponents has all the hallmarks of fascism.
Whether that's a mistake to verbalise it, I dunno
And yet it took her own side to get rid of her. Allowing them to win yet another general election.
I am not sure that calling Trump a fascist will help any of those floating voters (who plan to do their 'own research') come more swiftly and decisively to a conclusion.
I just heard a Democrat in Georgia on R5 shouting across the road at people that Trump is a fascist. This is the political equivalent of shouting at a referee to tell him he's a wanker at the football. It may make you feel better but it won't change a single decision.