The Rise and Fall of Trumpism
Cult members cheer, then walk.
Outlandish behavior, incendiary tweets, and constantly overturning norms give birth to Trump’s preferred state of confused chaos. Deranged, loud, demonstrative taunts feed his audiences. (Cult members cheer.) The audiences’ response tells him what works and with whom. He measures the response, and he embellishes and keeps what works.
Cult members cheer a…
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