a “new phase” of militarization against Americans
It's not even a matter of saying the quiet part out loud any more. There is no quiet part — Trump and the Republicans (and most of the Democrats even, judging from their complete failure, even now, to do anything at all to even slow Trump down) are overtly and systematically implementing a violent and oppressive plutocratic autocracy and they aren't even bothering to pretend otherwise.
I wish I could pop into the future and read what history is going to have to say about all of this, because it's going to be spectacularly horrific.