Considered what happened yesterday in the US, I think you may be interested in a quick historical review of what happened here in Italy, where fascism was born the first time.

After the WW1 the socialist parties of all Europe were gaining a lot of popular support. This electoral success worried the ruling class (liberals) and the industrialists, especially given what had just happened in Soviet Russia. In the early 20s the fascist movement was born as a phenomenon of violent oppression against the socialists and their supporters. When the fascists presented at the elections they took very few votes, though they started looking for agreements with the ruling class and the economic executives. Soon they started being financed directly from them for their annihilating opus to the detriment of any leftist movement.
That's how a terrorist organisation became relevant in the Italian political scenario. Afterwards, the fascist militias organised the famous March on Rome and their aim was to oblige the king to nominate Mussolini as prime minister, and that's what the king did, despite the militias weren't really that dangerous (they looked just like yesterday protestors, you could say).

Where's the lesson here? Watch out for the "fiancheggiatori". This is the word that historians gave to the liberals and other non-fascists that accepted to rule together with the fascists in order to get rid of the socialists and keep the power. The word literally means "those who stand alongside", you can translate it as "supporters", but that's reductive.

In other words, observe well who stands behind these reactionary movements. If they are enough powerful and influential, they'd be able to make a clown your president for life. Some ridiculously dressed exalted people won't make the difference, but it works well as a distraction. Go deep and investigate. Expose the true puppeteers.