I bet the establishment are REALLY wishing the just let him win in 2020 as holy crap has it been a ride and not even been a week!
Seems not only has Trump got a team to target the areas needing addressing (which is the majority of the government) but also apply the tactic of just overwhelming the establishment with constant executive orders which means they just can't fight them all and every one of them is getting acted on at once.
And results speak for themselves, they're too busy fighting birthright citizenship they can't successfully impede deportations. They were so trying to push the 'Elon did a Nazi salute' that Trump already pardoned all the J6 hostages. He's moving too fast for a successful resistance and thanks to that I think it's why he got Hegseth confirmed.
This seems to be the best tactic against the left and globalists elites, just keep pushing relentlessly with all the power you can till they exhaust themselves.
I think Carl Benjamin also made a good point that you can see how 2020 changed him into someone actually capable of doing the things he wanted (following the classical "Heroes Journey" archetype). With his specific example being to compare his inauguration photos, where in 2016 he is grinning ear to ear like a Golden Retriever, thinking it will be smooth sailing and he can easily get his agenda done. Then in 2024, he is just missing the eyepatch in order to be Punished Trump, The Man Denied His Nation. And he is acting with a fury of someone who has seen what evil can actually exist.
I think Carl may have been over-egging it a bit, because I think what you're actually seeing is Trump portraying a laughing confidence in 2017 of "how do you like me now?", while in 2025 he is portraying Nick Fury: Make S.H.I.E.L.D. Great Again.
Trump did take the heroes' journey, and he clearly learned, but he also is using optics to push it up to 11.