1786. France was going through a rough patch, financially, so someone got the idea to tax the aristocrats. The aristocrats didn’t like this at all, and figured now was as good a time as any to kick the king to the side and take over themselves. To put them off, the king called everyone together for a pow-wow, which hadn’t happened for a long time. This included a bunch of people who had no titles, but when they got together, they realized that had numbers. So they raised a big stink, and demanded more of a say on how things were run. What could the king do but agree? But it was more or less too late. The non-aristocrats went bonkers, and started chopping off heads. Eventually, they started chopping of their own heads. When the dust settled, France was kind of back where it started, with Napoleon in charge.
Drawing an analogy with present state America isn’t exact, but for the most part: Our country needs money, and liberals want to tax the rich. The rich don’t like this, so they’ve been telling conservative citizens that liberals hate America. As a result, conservative Americans are riled up, and are now getting ready to chop off establishment-republican heads. To equate Donald Drumpf with Robespierre is almost farcical, but in the end, they’ll just chop off his head too. I don’t know who Napoleon is in this analogy. Maybe John McCain.