To some degree it is a mirror, but rather than an application I think it was more of a middle finger. It's a fairly clearly satirical work, that calls the Medici court hypocrites, brutes, and the little advice it offers includes arming the populace.
Oh hey, linked at the bottom of the OP: http://www.nybooks.com/articles/1971/11/04/a-special-supplem...
He goes on to say that, depending on the circumstances, a republic could backslide into monarchical or despotic rule, as the Roman Republic did when it transitioned into the Roman Empire.
The idea of a monarchy or a dictatorship being a stepping stone to a republic isn't something I see expressed online as much.
The favorite form of government of the savvy aristocrat.
Sometimes the damn monarchs and tyrants get too cozy with the unwashed masses.
As Parks implicitly states, the difference between a man's message and his mission depends a great deal on who is reporting it. It is this difference, between The Prince and The Discourses, between marketing and motive, where Park may learn Trump, like Machiavelli, is no fan of Princes but is instead very much a man of the Signora and the Guild to the great benefit of a Republic. Park's piece is straight from the Medici playbook.