>when the president in power has insinuated the assassination of his opponents, encouraged his supporters to engage in violence, been spinning outlandish lies about the former president wiretapping him, etc, well I call that fascism ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Consider looking up the definition, because the definition of fascism is not "having a leader who makes dumb statements".
Nor is this word a label for "a politician who makes you feel really bad emotions".
Did you actually look up the word? All the sources I'm seeing[1][2][3] also say that it can be used or is commonly used to denote someone with authoritarian or extreme right-wing views.
Consider looking up the definition, because the definition of fascism is not "having a leader who makes dumb statements".
Nor is this word a label for "a politician who makes you feel really bad emotions".
It means a certain type of government policy.