#Trumps cult animosity letting up full#

Trump can easily be compared to Jim Jones, Sun Myung Moon, and other cult leaders. These traits include malignant narcissism.

How does Donald Trump fit the profile of a cult leader?ĭonald Trump fits the stereotypical profile of all destructive cults. And when that does not happen, then Trump can deny ever saying such a thing, blame the Chinese, the Democrats or anyone else, instead of just saying he was wrong. In this way of thinking, if Trump says the coronavirus pandemic is just going to somehow get better then it is going to happen. That is a type of thinking which is very common to cults. It's been described as a type of solipsistic reality where Trump defines his own world and what is real or not. Trump was trained to be a magical thinker as a child. Peale taught magical thinking and that if a person just believed something 100%, God will magically make it come true. Trump grew up in the church of Norman Vincent Peale. You can also listen to my conversation with Steven Hassan on my podcast 'The Truth Report' or through the player embedded below.Īs usual, this conversation has been edited for clarity and length.ĭonald Trump continues to make ridiculous statements, such as claiming he was the first person to call the coronavirus a 'pandemic,' or that there will be a magical flash of light and all will be well. Hassan also warns that Trump's followers are capable of committing acts of great violence against their fellow Americans, should their leader command it. Hassan also explains how Fox News and other parts of the right-wing disinformation machine are key elements of Trump's mind control powers over his political cult. Hassan also explains how Trump resembles notorious cult leader Jim Jones and why Trump's followers remain in love with him even as his decisions are literally making them sick. I recently spoke with Steven Hassan about Trump's death cult and the power the president has over his followers.

#Trumps cult animosity letting up full#

With the coronavirus pandemic, Trump's power over his followers is on full display, as he and his spokespeople are now suggesting that older and other vulnerable Americans should be willing to risk their lives in order to 'save the economy' - and of course to aid Trump's victory in the 2020 presidential election. While many pundits and others have remained in denial about the existential threat posed by Donald Trump and his movement, Hassan warned early on that Trump's followers were effectively cult members and would not be swayed from supporting their leader for any reason. Hassan's new book ' The Cult of Trump: A Leading Cult Expert Explains How the President Uses Mind Control' attempts to explain how this all came to be. In 2016 Hassan saw those traits personified in the form of Republican nominee Donald Trump. He then tried to alert the public to the danger that a cult leader would become president and that ruin and despair for the United States would be the inevitable result. Hassan is a direct personal witness to the way cult leaders are defined by their use of money, power, greed, sex, lies, charisma and violence to control their followers and empower themselves. He is now one of the world's leading experts on mind control and cults. Hassan was so loyal to the Unification Church that he pledged to die or kill at Moon's command.Īfter escaping the Unification Church, Hassan dedicated his life's work to freeing other people from mind control organizations and destructive cults. During the 1970s, Steven Hassan was a senior member of the Unification Church, an offshoot Christian sect led by the Rev.