The Cult of Trump - 2016-08-31

The Cult of Trump August 31, 2016, Rebecca Nelson, GQ

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Can't understand why a loved one would vote for Donald Trump? Let the experts who spend their lives studying cults help break it down.

America was watching, the world was watching, and Donald Trump needed everyone to understand just how dire the straits really were.

"Our convention occurs at a moment of crisis for our nation," he proclaimed ominously as he officially accepted the Republican nomination for president at the party's convention in Cleveland last month. It was a grim portrait of America, a once-great nation ravaged by terrorism, "poverty and violence" at home, "war and destruction" overseas.

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