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The US has arguably been fascist since the 1940s.
Fascism always comes in the flavor of the country it installs itself in, because it always has some tie to "traditional values" and/or origin myths. And note that if your values have been about fair redistribution and equality and social justice for 50+ years, that's almost 2 generations, so also "traditional" and may also be used for the purity tests that become so frequent in fascist societies e.g. "Oh, you didn't go to the anti- protest? You just don't care about improving as a nation.". Then comes the very common "with us or against us" trope and of course, the most relevant element of them all, the enemy. Those who are not to be considered human and are stopping the country from reaching its full potential.
Right now for the US right that would be maybe illegal immigrants and maybe whatever ethnic/sexual/gender minorities and vulnerable populations there's a conservative moral panic about.
For the US left of today that would be white males, the rich, right wing extremists, and maybe people who support the nation of Israel.
Fascism is already in the US. It's just bipartisan.