The radical right incumbent won a plurality (not a majority) by appealing to two groups. First, he convinced business interests that he was the only thing standing between them and extreme leftists. Second, he promised his base that he would make his country great again by standing up to foreigners, promoting traditional cultural values, and rooting out ethnic enemies within the state.
Is it Germany in 1933 or America in 2020? Time will tell. One thing is for certain; there is an antecedent for the tax cuts for social conservatism bargain, and it isn’t pretty.