Is Donald Trump a cult leader? Expert says he “fits the stereotypical profile”
Let’s review: Donald Trump is a petit-fascist and aspiring demagogue who has threatened violence against his political enemies and shows no respect for the rule of law. He lies persistently and repeatedly, about matters small and large, in an effort to create a malignant new reality. Trump’s policies — and those of the Republican Party that overwhelmingly backs him — have hurt the American people particularly those in the infamous “white working class” who support him most enthusiastically.
Despite his many and obvious character deficits and failures of presidential leadership, Donald Trump appears to control the opinions of about 35 percent of the American people. There seems to be almost nothing he could do to weaken their support of him (including, as he has himself observed, committing murder in broad daylight). These are the attributes of a political cult. MORE…
