Trump is showing strong signs of dementia. That's why the people around him are so frightening, they would have an inordinate amount of power if he somehow managed to get elected. And unlike the more traditional Republicans he had in his WH last time, those people are largely gone and Trump is now surrounded by fascists. Trump says he hasn't read Project 2025, but the people who would be a major part of his next administration have all read it. It is a manual for ditching American democracy and replacing it with a techno-fascist government.