Trump has the worship and undying loyalty and obedience of the Trump Cult. I am currently reading "The Culting of America" by Daniela Mestyanek Young. It is a very enlightening book about how cults and high control organizations trap their followers. And I think it shows quite a bit about what is happening to those in the Trump Cult. Here is a little excerpt describing how almost impossible it is to leave a cult - their whole world, support system, friends, family, identity is inside the cult. And the "exit costs"- leaving - is too traumatic to do or even contemplate:
So, evidence that they have made a terrible mistake cannot be acknowledged or agreed to. The exit cost is too high. Even if they know there may be "some things" that they aren't all that happy with, they are surrounded by, engulfed by, an entire ecosystem of cult believers that can rationalize and explain away anything. And to say no to the beliefs is to say no to the cult, is to say goodbye to the cult, is to say goodbye to their very life. So they don't.
But I think that one of the points that she makes is that cults start to fall apart when their "sacred assumption" proves false, and when their "transcendent mission" fails. I think the Sacred Assumption of the Trump Cult is to purify America from the perceived corruption and heartlessness of liberal America. And, wouldn't you know it? Trump and MAGA are astonishingly corrupt and heartless. And the Transcendent Mission of MAGA is to expose and punish the Satan worshipping liberal elite pedophiles who would be exposed in the Epstein Files. And wouldn't you know it? Trump and conservative billionaires and influencers are deeply in the Epstein files and Trump is doing EVERYTHING HE CAN (including going to war with Iran) to keep the Epstein Files hidden - as an obvious confession that he is in them up to his perverted eyeballs.
So, it will take time, but I am hopeful that the Trump Cult is and will continue to fall apart. And Trump will just be a senile old fart saying ridiculous hate filled nonsense that fewer and fewer people pay any attention to.
