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Expose the Personality Cult
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August 7, 2026
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13:02Now PlayingThe Republican Party simply is a cult of personality now. Over the past ten years, Trump has completely consolidated his control over it. Members of the GOP can no longer openly criticize him and keep their careers or their personal safety. The MAGA base produces deranged fan art by the truckloads.
Publisher Adam Gurri discusses this aspect of the Trump era, with examples interspersed.
Sources
Georgia Senator Jon Ossoff confronting Jay Clayton about the 2020 election
New Jersey Senator Cory Booker confronting Adam Candeub about the 2020 election
Ezra Klein interviewing Christopher Rufo
Jon McNaughton's deranged painting
The weird robot painting
Trump deletes post depicting him as Jesuslike figure after backlash
The Parasocial Style in American Politics, Part 2Witch Hunts and Comfort Blankets, by Alan Elrod
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