Trump wants a Soviet-style military parade, something weak leaders do to try to look strong.https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trumps-marching-orders-to-the-pentagon-plan-a-grand-military-parade/2018/02/06/9e19ca88-0b55-11e8-8b0d-891602206fb7_story.html?utm_term=.62ad402ae2cb …
I think it’s more a case of “something autocrats do to cement the notion that they rule via coercion, rather than consent” of . In this case he has the consent of a sizable minority to coerce everyone else.