Call Trumpism what it is: a cult /1

To see Trumpism as a cult is not to refuse to engage w/its effects, the crimes committed in its name or the way it has awakened &emboldened the cruelest &most destructive beliefs and practices in the American playbook https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2020-01-10/donald-trump-cult-steven-hassan-moonie
Trumpism is a cult. /3

Is Trumpism a cult?
A new book from a former cult member makes the case.

“When people are being brainwashed, they think they’re making their own decisions, they think they’re doing God’s work, they think they’re saving the world.” https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2019/12/13/20992370/trump-republican-party-cult-steven-hassan
Trumpism is a cult. /4

Cult Experts Warn That Trumpism Is Starting to Look Awfully Familiar

Calls to sacrifice life to the coronavirus “evoke memories of people lining up to drink cyanide.” https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2020/04/trump-death-cult/
Trumpism is a cult. /5

The cult of Trumpism

Trumpism is a cult — a social pathology — not a political movement. If it were a movement, ppl would be following the facts and making rational judgements based on how those facts help or hinder their goals.. https://www.recorder.com/my-turn-jabonaski-CultofTrumpism-35539175
Trumpism is a cult. /6

..None of that happens with cult followers. They believe everything their cult leader says, regardless of how ludicrous it is, how cruel it is to others, or even how damaging it is to their own self-interest..
Trumpism is a cult. /7

“..They drink the Trump Kool-Aid no matter what the consequences are to themselves or the rest of humanity...”

https://www.recorder.com/my-turn-jabonaski-CultofTrumpism-35539175
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