trump's disdain for the educated is not fascism. it is not anything close to fascism. however, he does have a very real stalinist streak and what the united states should be seeking to avoid right now is the kid of devastating anti-intellectual purges that occurred in the soviet union under lenin and stalin.
the soviets killed or locked up all the smart people, then wondered why they couldn't compete. america may be driving the smart people away, or in the process of deporting them, but they are not killing or imprisoning people and there is really no good evidence that they are on the brink of it.
we remain in the era of orwell. don't forget that. trump is in truth overseeing american decline get itself over the hump, and start free-falling off the cliff.