
The Atlantic story is worth your attention.
Trump’s takeover of the GOP has happened not because he is widely loved or admired by Republican lawmakers but because he is feared; not because most of the people in the Republican Senate Conference aspire to be like him, but because they are too timid to challenge him.
Left unstated: Those around Hitler, Stalin Castro, Pot, Kim, Mao were too timid to challenge them. And look at what happened.