It's very cult like. Most of his hardcore followers are Christian extremists that don't care if he destroys the world because they are waiting on the rapture. Scary stuff.

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No, Trumpism is a 'club' made up of like-minded people whom want to believe in Spiderman, Superman, Ironman and DJ Trump as if they were real life characters and not fictional entities, of whom those same club members see themselves as emulating within their deep-seated alter egos. [/c]

I don't think so.

I think people, in general, get very defensive when their voting record is attacked. They don't like to admit they made a mistake.

If you are a Loyal Patriot and serve him well he will allow you to kiss his ring....not the one on his finger.

Yes. It is. It has all the hallmarks, from the genuinely dispossessed followers with a yearning to gain back "the good old days" to the acolytes around the "Masters" feet lining their own pockets , selling snake oil.

Here’s what a lot of people miss when they cast aside Trump followers as blind or uninformed.

A large truth is that the status quo politicians may be polite and appropriate (at times), but they are by and large incompetent.

Many of Trump followers are merely protesting.

And that, boys and girls, is a sad state of affairs

Are you sure you spelled cult right hun?! 🤷‍♀️

It can be seen as such. But to understand the ideology of Trump is to understand the mindset of his followers. 🙂

The believers always deny that it is a cult and that their leader is the only one who tells the real truth. Some would "take a bullet" for him. "I am the chosen one" and he made sure that he said it in front of the "Fake News", just slipped it in for the entire country to see and hear.

The religious right thinks that his goofy evil character signals the end times and the return of Jesus so the worse he is the happier they are.

Hmm. Seems like Trumpists have turned the treasury over to him.

I think a supplement or alternative to Rule #3 is... [u]would[/u] members turn over their finances to the cult to prove their commitment, [u]if that was an option[/u]. It seems to me the ONLY reason they are not turning over their finances (yet) is because that's [u]not[/u] an option (yet).

As only one example, in the beginning of the "People's Temple," started by Jim Jones, financial servitude was not required. Later communal living transitioned to complete release of individual financial control. Likewise, when you think about those who signed up for [Baby-]trump U and gave massive sums of money for the illusion they were going to be part of Baby-trump's inner circle, even after they suspected they were caught up in a scam (having their picture taken with a life-size cut-out of Baby-trump, instead of the big baby himself, etc.) they continued to turn over their funds.

When Baby-trump no longer has direct access to taxpayer money to pretend as his own, the idea of pooling the money of his breathless followers will be too much for Baby-trump's greed to ignore. Ultimately, like Jim Jones, Baby-trump will be trapped by his own wicked human nature and there will be plenty of Mick Mulvaney's and coat-less Jim Jordan's to corral "the base" into obedient servants of "the movement" designed to strip them of their dignity while convincing them they are indeed special. And, for that, they will be happy and satisfied with their financial and moral decision.