Well, Franco was actually an excellent general and a reluctant warrior who did feel that he was called to protect Spain. He was also a gentleman and obviously completely non-corrupt, since the left has spent the last 40 years since his death trying to get something on him. Some of his supporting officials were not that good and he didn’t rein them in, but that was about the worst you could say.
The problem with Trump is that he doesn’t really have a program. Hitler, Lenin and even Stalin all had programs, and normally a populist uses the currents of popular opinion and the grievances of various segments to get himself and his program into power.
Obama was a populist, tapping into black and working class white resentment along with the desire of the leftist intellectual world to support s black (even faux black) person. But he had the left wing of the Democratic Party supplying him with a program, whereas Trump has nothing, not even the GOP platform, since he doesn’t support or even appear to know most of it. So once the anger runs out or once it comes time for voters who aren’t as angry, I think there will be nothing left.
These are just my observations. I’m not working for anybody. I’d vote for Cruz if he can manage to get enough broad support to be the candidate, although I’m not really thrilled about him, for some reason. But I have a lurking feeling that somebody else is going to emerge - although I don’t know who - and I certainly hope so. Otherwise it will be president Hillary hellacious Clinton and Billy Jeff redux.