Yeah, the parallels with Turkiye are uncanny as Erdogan seemed to many the same( even though he had got in trouble for his Islamic views in the 90s). Both probably had great desires towards autocracy but had to play the game and bide their time and saw their re-election as validation to then push harder. As a non American I think a Trump second term could have had some very interesting elements and parallels too. Douglas Adams in the Hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy series had the ultimate take on this. Anyone who wanted to be president of the universe would automatically be disqualified from getting the job. And the actual president of the universe was some hermit on a moon who had no idea he was the president and would welcome visitors who would come occasionally with papers who would say "please sign here".