A good insight.
I also do not think Trump is an aberration. I think he is the expected outcome of two decades of xenophobia, racial resentment, and authoritarianism pushed by the GOP, rightwing talk radio, and the broader wingnutosphere.
I mean, this is the political party that gave us Tricky Dick Nixon, George Dumbya Bush, Sarah Palin, and Donald J. Drumpf. How far away are we from the broader GOP embracing someone like David Duke?
The antidote, it seems to me, is to strengthen and re-invigorate our democracy. That means aggressively eliminating gerrymandering, getting rid of Citizen's United, punishing voter suppression, and simply making it as easy as reasonably possible for people to exercise their right to vote.
The GOP only understands punishment. In a functioning and fair democracy, they would have lost 80 seats in the House last month, rather than the 41 seat blue wave they had to endure.
In a functioning democracy, the authoritarian rightwing could potentially get crushed in election after election, until the GOP reforms itself into something resembling the more moderate party of Eisenhower we used to see decades ago.