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I think the difference up until recently was competence and facade, but in Trump 2, and particularly the Greenland thing, it's clear to see that he's completely lost his mind.
In Trump 1 he essentially fulfilled the same position as Biden and Obama, and every modern other President before them - with the continuation of Republicans only being a little bit more outright evil than democrats.
In Trump 2 however, the guardrails have come off and he's proven himself not only to be incompetent, but also uniquely bold in his evildoing. From a utilitarian perspective sure, not as many people have died or been enslaved under him, but for the time and trend of politics at the moment he is pretty terrible.