[hinckley buzzard]

The "clash" is coming, but timing is everything. He hasn't needed it in this phase of the coup, but there will come a time when incrementalism will reach its useful limit. Then the crisis phase will be generated, with the intention of consolidating power and eliminating opposition. Call it the Reichstag moment.

[PSYCHO-FREEP]

You nailed it. This is a classic Fascist Oligarchy.