If nothing else, it is difficult to imagine another Republican politician who would have inspired the same cult of personality as the one that has enveloped Trump during his years on the national stage. It’s no accident that to ensure loyalty or force compliance, followers of the former president have resorted to intimidation and death threats.
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If the character of a political movement is forged through contingency — the circumstances of its birth, the context of its growth, the personalities of its leadership — then it matters who sits at the top.
The point, then, is that it would be better to face the challenges to American democracy without a constitutional arsonist at the helm of one of our two major political parties. […]
[…] The only way to move past Trump will be, once again, to beat him at the ballot box.
Basically, everything Trump represents was already present within the republican party. What makes Trump dangerous is that he is charismatic enough to cultivate a cult of personality as well as narcissistic and psychopathic (and perhaps sociopathic?) enough to go to extreme lengths to maintain power.
Getting rid of Trump will not stop the movement he created, but I think it would send MAGA back to infighting (not unlike what we see with the republicans in congress.)
It should be a gift article.
A few parts I found interesting:
Basically, everything Trump represents was already present within the republican party. What makes Trump dangerous is that he is charismatic enough to cultivate a cult of personality as well as narcissistic and psychopathic (and perhaps sociopathic?) enough to go to extreme lengths to maintain power.
Getting rid of Trump will not stop the movement he created, but I think it would send MAGA back to infighting (not unlike what we see with the republicans in congress.)