Donald Trump is an extremely unique case who just happened to be perfectly suited (or imperfectly suited, depending on how you look at it) for a moment in time. His “brand” goes back 40 years; I remember seeing him on Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous in the late 80s. He cultivated an image of himself as a self-made billionaire playboy (which is obviously NOT what he is/was), while injecting himself into political conversations without actually being considered a politician. Yes, the Apprentice shows brought him forward to a younger, broader audience and further enhanced his image as an entrepreneur (among the stillborn numbskull crowd), but there were 3 decades of brand work leading up to that. Then, we elected a black president and all the stillborn numbskulls freaked out. My opinion is that Trump was one of VERY few people in the country who had the public persona and desire to step into the void that created.
All that is to say that I don’t think we will ever see another Donald Trump. Not only is he a unique personality, but the moment he seized is passing and unlikely to be duplicated. And his kids are especially ill-suited to replicate his path, given they have done an extremely poor job of cultivating anything about them that says “self-made”.
Thats not to say I’m totally optimistic about the country’s future. Our future could be dark as fuck. But that would be led by Trump himself (if he wins in 2024), or by someone quite different than Trump.