demagogue

But given the logistical difficulty of direct rule by millions of citizens, it is nearly inevitable that some charismatic demagogue will claim to embody the crowd’s general will.

Fascist demagogues always need to rally against an opponent, and Duterte found his in drugs, which he claimed were drowning the country.

Demonization and dehumanization are tried and true tactics of demagogues in every era.

Trump, like other authoritarian populists and demagogues, has no use for the “conventional wisdom” and other norms.

Trump, like other autocrats and demagogues, knows that he must always appear to be doing something, a man of action and destiny, to keep and expand his base of support.