This is the most important thing in your linked article IMO:
"Now Trump’s acting in ways that seem certain to throw power away in the next round of elections—if those elections proceed as usual. If they are free and fair. If every legal voter is allowed to participate. If every legal vote is counted, whether cast in person or by mail."
https://brian-sandberg.com/2025/02/12/on-hitlers-dismantling-of-democracy-in-53-days/
I found it interesting to learn who first came up with the drain-the-swamp line.