It's a fact that Trump sympathizes a lot with dictators and got along with Xi Jinping, Kim Jong-Un, Putin and others much better than e.g. European leaders.

He always avoided distancing himself from fascist and racist movements and their actions in the US. He teargassed people just so he could get a couple pictures taken in the middle of a protest. He tried to cast a democratic election into doubt and talked for months about his intention of not conceding the oval office in the case of a loss in the election.

I don't think Trump could ever be a dictator, but he clearly does not oppose the idea and undoubtedly contributed to the political divide in the US.