Trump wants Americans to believe they are facing an emergency. The real danger is from his administration. In Trumpism, rules and restraint are seen as a corruption of the people’s will instead of the essence of American democracy. A man who pardoned supporters for an actual insurrection now threatens to invoke the Insurrection Act to stop protests. ICE has been transformed into a paramilitary force apparently answerable only to Mr Trump. Imagine its potential uses in future.