Not scary at all IMHO, that's precisely why nothing serious was achieved in his second term. It was all political point scoring by the Reps to not concede any of his policies, even if they were decent. Political scrutiny is all very well and good, but when it stops things being done which need to be done then it just stops the system working, and no-one wins that way.
Interesting comments from everyone's favourite Labour leader today, following Trump's success:
Now, whilst I don't doubt that he genuinely means well and believes in his way being the correct way, can he not see the absolute irony here? People rejected comprehensively the politics of the socialist left (as they did here last year in the GE), as well as rejecting crap economics (again, Labour) and a ridiculous political system that stops true progress being made (Brexit). The movement across the western world is moving sharply from one where everyone is expected to looks after everyone else, even if that means you lose out, to one where people are putting themselves first and foremost. You may or may not think that's a bad thing depending on your POV, but you can't deny it's happening. Essentially Corbyn is admitting that he's going to stick to his policies despite knowing he'll never ever get a shot in power, because he's preaching exactly what the majority don't want.
Now granted, Hillary won the popular vote, but that's irrelevant as she lost the battle. She tried to play the game, and no-one was interested. As soon as she lost she picked her ball up and went home to sulk, leaving all her supporters stuck in a room wondering what the hell was going on. That alone shows why she wasn't getting the votes, and why people saw through her. For all her huggy-touchy rhetoric, she wouldn't have made a better president than Trump. I do feel sorry for her in that she's spent her whole life serving her country (as well as her own needs) only to lose at the final hurdle, but the more I think about this the more I think the US voting populous have made the right choice for the next four years.
I'm not saying Trump is perfect, but I am saying that Hillary got what she deserved.