Nearly a year before he accepted the Republican nomination for president, Donald Trump’s authoritarian impulses were too obvious to be ignored. By then, he was encouraging physical attacks on immigrants who were in the country illegally, demanding the deportation of millions more, and constantly appealing to hatred and bigotry. He bragged of being the “most militaristic” candidate and denigrated the free press. So extreme was his rhetoric during those months that prominent conservatives – including […]