Fascism is a political philosophy that palaces the good of the state above the good of the people and the state is controlled by an Authoritarian Leader and his political party. So, in reality, the "good of the state" means the good of the leader and the party.
Examples, Mussolini and National Fascist Party in Italy, and Hitler and the National Socialist Party in Germany. The pyramid of power has the Leader at the Top (Führerprinzip), then the Party, then Industry, and finally the people.
Trump has exhibited authoritarian tendencies as demonstrated by the many unconstitutional Executive Orders that he has issued. Add to this the unswerving support of the GOP, and support from capitalist industry (Elon Musk I'm looking at you) and you have a classic Fascist government outline.
Now he has threatened to govern without Congress for the final two years of his presidency through more questionable Executive Orders with Stephen Miller as his right hand man. That is certainly an authoritarian move similar to kings dissolving Parliament and ruling by decree.
So, I think Trump is an Authoritarian more than a Fascist but why quibble over semantics?
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