@Atlantis on the TTIP deal that will pass, till recently greatest obstacle was Trump, while the negotiation with eU with end up in some modus-vivendi deal, either that or the usA wouldnt have other choice but big wars, and from that looser will become all [
1] so TTIP is reality, the question is how quick it will reveal itself in practical way ... when that will happen american banc'corp elites will bribe and corrupt all eU easily, it would be naive to believe that they would not do that, at least so it could be tied eU more strongly through economical pressure so it would follow the american foreign policy without objections ... we can discuss this in the proposed footnote if You like ...
now, here in regard of the ontopic question, I think maybe Plutocracy is not the right anamnesis for usA, but more like Democratic Bureaucracy misused by the american oligarchy, that even in case with Trump didnt installed itself in the key political positions, he was opportunist and nationalist first of all and then after corporatist, even independent one, Hillary for example was way deeper in the banc'corp pockets than him, altho he was also collecting money by campaign donations ...
... solely this last mechanism is the corruptible link that brings usA to risks of Plutocracy, are they real I cant tell because I have never investigated the ties between the banc'corp elites in usA with the political cream, but somehow think that banc'corp elites are controlling all the processes from background, not even need to bribe someone so it would push their agendas, after all they bought all the nation long ago [
1] so it could be said indeed usA is Plutocracy but masked so good that this could be only speculated, in a way they control all the intellectual incubators in the country which as universities are cloning needed young leaders that are then placed in the political system which is arranged in such way that its even looking as bipartisan but actually is one "corporate" party ideological syndicalism nowadays with no room for any third option, somehow Trump maybe is the first modern us president that have succeed to brake this rule as independent!