.ON OCTOBER 23RD Kamala Harris claimed that she considers Donald Trump to become a fascist. John Kelly, Mr Trump's former main of workers, lately claimed his outdated supervisor "comes under the standard meaning of fascist". Mark Milley, a retired general that moved the shared chiefs of team under Mr Trump, is estimated in a new book contacting Mr Trump "fascist to the core". All this has boosted an argument that started during Mr Trump's run for president in 2016: is he a fascist? What performs the phrase mean, and carries out administering it to Mr Trump aid to explain the hazards he postures?