Stephan:   It is going to be painful to watch the Trump voters become disillusioned, or if they continue to be played. Trump's behavior is modeled on a Putin kind of leadership, and like Putin's it demands a pliant peasantry. For me the question is will American put up with this? I'm not sure at this point. What I do know is that history is clear authoritarian governments don't last, are more expensive, less productive, less efficient, less pleasant to live under, less productive of individual and social wellbeing. Recovering from it requires a long social convalescence.