Checks and Balances Will Constrain Trump

Sam Harris's fear that Trump's narcissistic character will override any benefit of office misunderstands the American presidency: institutional checks and balances constrained Trump last time and will again, and democracy itself disciplined election denialism when vociferous Stop the Steal Republicans lost in 2022, so a fascist takeover under Trump (or communist takeover under Harris) sits at roughly 0.05% probability.