The Trump Cult is at its Most Dangerous

Nadin Brzezinski
8 min readNov 13, 2020
John Birch in Europe: By Gabbe — I, Gabriel Ehrnst Grundin, took this photo on May 1, 2008 at the intersection of Drottninggatan and Kungsgatan in Stockholm., Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=3974068

Trumpism is not just a political movement, with populist tendencies. It is also a cult, with some of the chief characteristics of one. This is a cult with unquestioning of the leader, and increasingly us v them way of looking at the world. There is orthodoxy in the belief system and it is increasingly isolating its members, even as the administration comes to an end. Let's be clear about cults. They rely on a leader, a…

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Nadin Brzezinski

Historian by training. Former day to day reporter. Sometimes a geek who enjoys a good miniatures game. You can find me at CounterSocial, Mastodon and rarely FB