UZHHOROD – U.S. President Donald Trump is failing at fascism. This was clear in his State of the Union address, which was full of fascist atmospherics but ultimately painted a picture of an exhausted blowhard. Trump’s problem is not with the idea of fascism, which suits him well. Fascism celebrates a leader who transcends law and aims to unite the people with their destiny. It denies truth in favor of grand narratives about the struggle against a chosen enemy. It posits an imaginary golden age. All of that was in his speech. In this case, the chosen enemy is the “crazy” Democratic Party, which Trump associated with illegal immigration and crime. As for the chosen victims, the administration is engaged in a sweeping crackdown on immigrants in the United States, terrorizing cities across the country and creating a landscape of domination in the countryside with its huge concentration camps. The murder of civilians in Minnesota was followed by big lies about the victims. All of this is awful. But it is also stasis. Trump is unpopular, and the domestic economy is weak. When the gove