I think that all of this is true, but the damage it will do to the US is irreversible. American institutions are failing spectacularly. Trump is a symptom of this, but he is also greatly exacerbating and accelerating that decline. What is apparent is that a very large proportion of the US does not understand or value democracy. The seeds of this were planted decades ago, but the effect is now being fully felt. This is the end product of the US shift to the far right and the rise of far-right media.