LightningStrikes posted...
I feel a 2016-type event would have happened eventually even if Trump had lost 2016, the genie was out of the bottle by that point.
This. Hillary winning would've led to 4 years of political gridlock, followed by a massive GOP blowout win in 2020. Trump himself might fade away, but the core ideas of Trumpism would still end up becoming the dominant right-wing ideology. The result is basically delaying them getting power for a while, but gaining a more competent leader and larger Congressional majorities.