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Read about Project 2025 by the Heritage Foundation. They are the fundamentalist nutjobs that have been packing federal and appeals courts with hard right judges, including the three supreme court judges appointed by Trump. They've pretty much written a manifesto for taking over the federal government and creating an authoritarian, fundamentalist christian state.
They are pretty much the definition of a nefarious cabal, but they are in plain sight and have published their plans.
Belated entry to the discussion as to whether Trump is the vehicle for someone else's agenda. I stopped believing in there being a nefarious cabal behind Trump ages ago. I reckon Trump's 2016 win was mostly sheer luck, and a reflection of people's discontent. Claims of Russian meddling and Facebook manipulation was just something for the left to cling to.
In his previous presidency there were inevitably some adults in the room, but that was mostly because Trump's campaign hade made no provisions for an actual win. This time around he will have a fair claim to have earned his win outright, and with that he can hire and fire sycophants at an even higher rate than before. Next time he suggests throwing nukes into a hurricane, will there really be anyone to stop him?