It's quite obvious that a lot of Trump supporters are unwilling to show any objectivity, nor are they willing to criticize Trump's policies no matter how bizarre, no matter how ridiculous, no matter how destructive, and no matter how colossal a failure they are.

Fortunately there are some supporters and some GOP members of the Congress and the Senate who are courageous enough to show dissent, and are starting to push back against some of his astonishing levels of ignorance.

Whenever a MAGA devotee has nothing to say, and no reasonable argument to put forth, they revert to criticism of Biden, Obama or Clinton.

The irony is that Clinton was a genius when it came to running the economy, and Trump is a total failure, with job losses, whipsaw tariff policy, wasteful pursuit of personal vendettas, failed trade deals, consistently getting outsmarted by American allies and adversaries both, price hikes, and the most expensive cars in history.

Trump has certainly encouraged the cult worship with his adoration of self, and his extreme levels of self aggrandizement.

After a year back in the White House, Mr. Trump’s efforts to promote himself as the singularly dominant figure in the world have become so commonplace that they no longer seem surprising. He regularly depicts himself in a heroic, almost godly fashion, as a king, as a Superman, as a Jedi knight, as a military hero, even as a pope in a white cassock.

While Mr. Trump has spent a lifetime promoting his personal brand, slapping his name on hotels, casinos, airplanes, even steaks, neckties and bottled water, what he is doing in his second term as president comes closer to building a cult of personality the likes of which has never been seen in American history. Other presidents sought to cultivate their reputations, but none went as far as Mr. Trump has to create a mythologized, superhuman and omnipresent persona leading to idolatry.

His picture has been splashed all over the White House, on multistory banners on the side of federal buildings, on annual passes to national parks and maybe even soon on a one-dollar coin. His name has been etched on the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, on the U.S. Institute of Peace, on federal investment accounts, special visas and a discount drug program and, if he has his way, on Washington Dulles International Airport and Penn Station in New York.

Cults of personality are traditionally associated with dictators and demagogues, not democrats. They are figures like Joseph Stalin, Mao Zedong, Benito Mussolini and more recently the shirtless, horseback-riding Vladimir V. Putin of Russia. But Mr. Trump does not seem concerned that he might be heading down a dangerous path.

Indeed, last month at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, he suggested that authoritarianism was not necessarily something to eschew. “Usually they say, ‘He’s a horrible dictator-type person, I’m a dictator,’” he said after delivering a rambling speech. “But sometimes, you need a dictator.”

Personality-driven politics serve to bind followers of a movement to their leader more than to any particular policy prescription, making his success or failure their own. Veneration and loyalty are central and ideology secondary. The leader is presented as infallible, uniquely qualified, even divinely delivered for this moment in history.

Mr. Trump has played to these themes since taking the national political stage. “I alone can fix it,” he declared when running in 2016. “I was saved by God to make America great again,” he said on being inaugurated again last year.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/15/us/politics/trumps-american-cult-of-personality.html?smid=nytcore-android-share

He is really trying to push one out.

5 minutes ago, Purdey said:

He is really trying to push one out.

His severe constipation seems to exist on multiple levels. I have some great laxatives I could recommend and it might ease some of his daily misery.

31 minutes ago, spidermike007 said:

It's quite obvious that a lot of Trump supporters are unwilling to show any objectivity, nor are they willing to criticize Trump's policies no matter how bizarre, no matter how ridiculous, no matter how destructive, and no matter how colossal a failure they are.

Fortunately there are some supporters and some GOP members of the Congress and the Senate who are courageous enough to show dissent, and are starting to push back against some of his astonishing levels of ignorance.

Whenever a MAGA devotee has nothing to say, and no reasonable argument to put forth, they revert to criticism of Biden, Obama or Clinton.

The irony is that Clinton was a genius when it came to running the economy, and Trump is a total failure, with job losses, whipsaw tariff policy, wasteful pursuit of personal vendettas, failed trade deals, consistently getting outsmarted by American allies and adversaries both, price hikes, and the most expensive cars in history.

Trump has certainly encouraged the cult worship with his adoration of self, and his extreme levels of self aggrandizement.

After a year back in the White House, Mr. Trump’s efforts to promote himself as the singularly dominant figure in the world have become so commonplace that they no longer seem surprising. He regularly depicts himself in a heroic, almost godly fashion, as a king, as a Superman, as a Jedi knight, as a military hero, even as a pope in a white cassock.

While Mr. Trump has spent a lifetime promoting his personal brand, slapping his name on hotels, casinos, airplanes, even steaks, neckties and bottled water, what he is doing in his second term as president comes closer to building a cult of personality the likes of which has never been seen in American history. Other presidents sought to cultivate their reputations, but none went as far as Mr. Trump has to create a mythologized, superhuman and omnipresent persona leading to idolatry.

His picture has been splashed all over the White House, on multistory banners on the side of federal buildings, on annual passes to national parks and maybe even soon on a one-dollar coin. His name has been etched on the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, on the U.S. Institute of Peace, on federal investment accounts, special visas and a discount drug program and, if he has his way, on Washington Dulles International Airport and Penn Station in New York.

Cults of personality are traditionally associated with dictators and demagogues, not democrats. They are figures like Joseph Stalin, Mao Zedong, Benito Mussolini and more recently the shirtless, horseback-riding Vladimir V. Putin of Russia. But Mr. Trump does not seem concerned that he might be heading down a dangerous path.

Indeed, last month at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, he suggested that authoritarianism was not necessarily something to eschew. “Usually they say, ‘He’s a horrible dictator-type person, I’m a dictator,’” he said after delivering a rambling speech. “But sometimes, you need a dictator.”

Personality-driven politics serve to bind followers of a movement to their leader more than to any particular policy prescription, making his success or failure their own. Veneration and loyalty are central and ideology secondary. The leader is presented as infallible, uniquely qualified, even divinely delivered for this moment in history.

Mr. Trump has played to these themes since taking the national political stage. “I alone can fix it,” he declared when running in 2016. “I was saved by God to make America great again,” he said on being inaugurated again last year.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/15/us/politics/trumps-american-cult-of-personality.html?smid=nytcore-android-share

Good post.

There a 2 peoples on this world. The ones the "want to know" and the ones that "want to believe". Churchgoers and MAGA folks "want to believe".

That makes it a cult/religion.

Of course it's a cult.

In 240 years before Trump, we never had supporters attacking the Capitol carrying banners with a President's name. We never had followers buying up whatever crap the President offered, such as threads from his suit he wore to get booked in Georgia, or playing cards.NFTs with silly images of something Trump could never be, or meme coins, or golden sneakers, or autographed Bibles, etc.

We also never had a President who wanted to name just about anything after himself, and have a group of sycophants who support that foolishness.

Here's a video contrasting another cult leader with Trump:

Yes, it's a cult. 100%.

Now let's wait for cult members to come and disagree, or claim non cult members suffer from some "syndrome", when the true syndrome is the cult itself. Trump is Jim Jones/David Koresh/RevSunMyungMoon, albeit on a national scale.

3 minutes ago, Wingate said:

Of course it's a cult.

In 240 years before Trump, we never had supporters attacking the Capitol carrying banners with a President's name. We never had followers buying up whatever crap the President offered, such as threads from his suit he wore to get booked in Georgia, or playing cards.NFTs with silly images of something Trump could never be, or meme coins, or golden sneakers, or autographed Bibles, etc.

We also never had a President who wanted to name just about anything after himself, and have a group of sycophants who support that foolishness.

Here's a video contrasting another cult leader with Trump:

Yes, it's a cult. 100%.

Now let's wait for cult members to come and disagree, or claim non cult members suffer from some "syndrome", when the true syndrome is the cult itself. Trump is Jim Jones/David Koresh/RevSunMyungMoon, albeit on a national scale.

Cults are all left wing

7 hours ago, spidermike007 said:

It's quite obvious that a lot of Trump supporters are unwilling to show any objectivity, nor are they willing to criticize Trump's policies no matter how bizarre, no matter how ridiculous, no matter how destructive, and no matter how colossal a failure they are.

Fortunately there are some supporters and some GOP members of the Congress and the Senate who are courageous enough to show dissent, and are starting to push back against some of his astonishing levels of ignorance.

Whenever a MAGA devotee has nothing to say, and no reasonable argument to put forth, they revert to criticism of Biden, Obama or Clinton.

The irony is that Clinton was a genius when it came to running the economy, and Trump is a total failure, with job losses, whipsaw tariff policy, wasteful pursuit of personal vendettas, failed trade deals, consistently getting outsmarted by American allies and adversaries both, price hikes, and the most expensive cars in history.

Trump has certainly encouraged the cult worship with his adoration of self, and his extreme levels of self aggrandizement.

After a year back in the White House, Mr. Trump’s efforts to promote himself as the singularly dominant figure in the world have become so commonplace that they no longer seem surprising. He regularly depicts himself in a heroic, almost godly fashion, as a king, as a Superman, as a Jedi knight, as a military hero, even as a pope in a white cassock.

While Mr. Trump has spent a lifetime promoting his personal brand, slapping his name on hotels, casinos, airplanes, even steaks, neckties and bottled water, what he is doing in his second term as president comes closer to building a cult of personality the likes of which has never been seen in American history. Other presidents sought to cultivate their reputations, but none went as far as Mr. Trump has to create a mythologized, superhuman and omnipresent persona leading to idolatry.

His picture has been splashed all over the White House, on multistory banners on the side of federal buildings, on annual passes to national parks and maybe even soon on a one-dollar coin. His name has been etched on the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, on the U.S. Institute of Peace, on federal investment accounts, special visas and a discount drug program and, if he has his way, on Washington Dulles International Airport and Penn Station in New York.

Cults of personality are traditionally associated with dictators and demagogues, not democrats. They are figures like Joseph Stalin, Mao Zedong, Benito Mussolini and more recently the shirtless, horseback-riding Vladimir V. Putin of Russia. But Mr. Trump does not seem concerned that he might be heading down a dangerous path.

Indeed, last month at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, he suggested that authoritarianism was not necessarily something to eschew. “Usually they say, ‘He’s a horrible dictator-type person, I’m a dictator,’” he said after delivering a rambling speech. “But sometimes, you need a dictator.”

Personality-driven politics serve to bind followers of a movement to their leader more than to any particular policy prescription, making his success or failure their own. Veneration and loyalty are central and ideology secondary. The leader is presented as infallible, uniquely qualified, even divinely delivered for this moment in history.

Mr. Trump has played to these themes since taking the national political stage. “I alone can fix it,” he declared when running in 2016. “I was saved by God to make America great again,” he said on being inaugurated again last year.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/15/us/politics/trumps-american-cult-of-personality.html?smid=nytcore-android-share

The poster presents himself as a centrist Democrat, claiming he will hold the Democratic Party accountable. Yet, when given the chance to criticize Obama for his extrajudicial killings, he avoided doing so, insisting that Obama must have had credible evidence. However, we must remember that due process is a fundamental principle in the USA. This behavior reveals a troubling allegiance to a leftist ideology, undermining genuine critique and accountability within the party.

1 minute ago, Effective altruism said:

The poster presents himself as a centrist Democrat, claiming he will hold the Democratic Party accountable. Yet, when given the chance to criticize Obama for his extrajudicial killings, he avoided doing so, insisting that Obama must have had credible evidence. However, we must remember that due process is a fundamental principle in the USA. This behavior reveals a troubling allegiance to a leftist ideology, undermining genuine critique and accountability within the party.

The OP attacks Trump 20 times a day. He is probably a cult leader himself.

2 minutes ago, Harrisfan said:

Cults are all left wing

Even coming from someone like you, that is a silly comment.

The largest and most dangerous cults in history tend to be fascist, whether Hitler, Mussolini, In Turkmenistan or North Korea, or Trump.

Just now, Wingate said:

Even coming from someone like you, that is a silly comment.

The largest and most dangerous cults in history tend to be fascist, whether Hitler, Mussolini, In Turkmenistan or North Korea, or Trump.

Hitler socialist

Mussolini socialist

1 minute ago, Wingate said:

that is a silly comment.

You are in a cult yourself but too dumb to even realise it lol

7 hours ago, spidermike007 said:

It's quite obvious that a lot of Trump supporters are unwilling to show any objectivity, nor are they willing to criticize Trump's policies no matter how bizarre

Best description of Trump is by this guy.

Trump is gonna rock the planet.

It's good or bad depending on who you are.

Might be bad for some people and good for others.

How do you know the Greenlanders won't get a better deal under Trump than what they currently have? Answer: you don't.

Trump is Hitler cult

Trump is the devil cult

7 hours ago, spidermike007 said:

It's quite obvious that a lot of Trump supporters are unwilling to show any objectivity, nor are they willing to criticize Trump's policies no matter how bizarre, no matter how ridiculous, no matter how destructive, and no matter how colossal a failure they are....

If Trump were to die tomorrow, would you have anything left to post about?

2 minutes ago, nexus7 said:

If Trump were to die tomorrow, would you have anything left to post about?

He needs Trump. Without him no hobbies.

DJT is the chosen one, just accept it ...

1 hour ago, Harrisfan said:

He needs Trump. Without him no hobbies.

Same as you without AN eh?

There is another cult -- it's called blaming the govt for all your problems.

For one thing, unless you're homeless, your life is not that bad.

And secondly, most problems are caused by the average person around us -- family members, false friends, <deleted> at work, corrupt bosses ...

And don't forget ... very often your worst enemy is yourself.

MAGA reflects Trump's belief that everything is a zero-sum game.

Anything done that helps other countries by definition must diminish America.

16 minutes ago, JBChiangRai said:

MAGA reflects Trump's belief that everything is a zero-sum game.

Anything done that helps other countries by definition must diminish America.

Every nation does that

3 hours ago, Effective altruism said:

The poster presents himself as a centrist Democrat, claiming he will hold the Democratic Party accountable. Yet, when given the chance to criticize Obama for his extrajudicial killings, he avoided doing so, insisting that Obama must have had credible evidence. However, we must remember that due process is a fundamental principle in the USA. This behavior reveals a troubling allegiance to a leftist ideology, undermining genuine critique and accountability within the party.

False. I do have some friends that will come right out and say the man is a butthead, he's an idiot, and he's an absolute clown, but I like his policies. Those are the Republicans I admire. 

During the 20 years that Clinton, Obama and Biden were in office I was continually critical of their policies. Just look back at some of my posts when Obama and Biden were in power. I was not a big fan of Obama for many of the years that he was president and my posts reflect that. As a centrist democrat I criticized a lot of his policies.

I see so little of that coming from Republicans these days, to point where their absolute fealty is actually quite frightening. Most just can't handle critique of Trump, they immediately clam up, get defensive and start making it personal. Instead of behaving like rational intellectuals and debating policy they just start throwing out nonsense, accusations that I've never criticized my own party, or that I get paid to be critical of Trump. That is not only ridiculous, it is inane. I wish somebody would offer to pay me to criticize Trump. I would spend my whole day doing it.

So why don't we start with you, why don't you list the three top policies that Trump is implementing that you disagree with. Come on. Show us some courage and integrity.

3 minutes ago, spidermike007 said:

False. I do have some friends that will come right out and say the man is a butthead, he's an idiot, and he's an absolute clown, but I like his policies. Those are the Republicans I admire. 

During the 20 years that Clinton, Obama and Biden were in office I was continually critical of their policies. Just look back at some of my posts when Obama and Biden were in power. I was not a big fan of Obama for many of the years that he was president and my posts reflect that. As a centrist democrat I criticized a lot of his policies.

I see so little of that coming from Republicans these days, to point where their absolute fealty is actually quite frightening. Most just can't handle critique of Trump, they immediately clam up, get defensive and start making it personal. Instead of behaving like rational intellectuals and debating policy they just start throwing out nonsense, accusations that I've never criticized my own party, or that I get paid to be critical of Trump. That is not only ridiculous, it is inane. I wish somebody would offer to pay me to criticize Trump. I would spend my whole day doing it.

So why don't we start with you, why don't you list the three top policies that Trump is implementing that you disagree with. Come on. Show us some courage and integrity.

He is a goose 50% of the time. I agree with him 50% of the time.

That's 1 bitcoin thanks.

7 minutes ago, spidermike007 said:

So why don't we start with you, why don't you list the three top policies that Trump is implementing that you disagree with. Come on. Show us some courage and integrity

I think hes too soft on illegal immigration. He and California in particular are going about AI the wrong way. And the whole epstien situation. But in that regard others have failed miserably too.

Behind closed doors the rich care not about petty politics. Remember the Clinton's hate him so much they invited him to their daughters wedding.

1 hour ago, JBChiangRai said:

MAGA reflects Trump's belief that everything is a zero-sum game.

Anything done that helps other countries by definition must diminish America.

While he may believe that his policies are helping other countries to an enormous degree, by pushing them away from America and pushing them towards more reliable allies.

11 hours ago, Purdey said:

He is really trying to push one out.

I thought he was jerking off imaginary giraffes

24 minutes ago, blaze master said:

I think hes too soft on illegal immigration. He and California in particular are going about AI the wrong way. And the whole epstien situation. But in that regard others have failed miserably too.

Behind closed doors the rich care not about petty politics. Remember the Clinton's hate him so much they invited him to their daughters wedding.

Trump was leaning Dem, at that time! Then he understood that there were more conning opportunities with RW supporters and switched side! 😄

2 minutes ago, candide said:

Trump was leaning Dem, at that time! Then he understood that there were more conning opportunities with RW supporters and switched side! 😄

And thanks for the irrelevant reply.

This guy is telling it like it is and speaking truth to highly toxic and overreaching

power.

Noem must be fired.

As the partial government shutdown gets underway, Democratic Congressman Jared Moskowitz defended the decision not to fund the Department of Homeland Security and argued that not only was it essential for ICE to be reformed, but Democrats should also demand that Kristi Noem either resign or be fired.

"I mean, for me, this idea that we have a 10-point plan, but we're not asking for leadership change, that doesn't work," Moskowitz told CBS New Miami. "I think Kristi Noem needs to resign or be removed. By the president's metrics, tell me what her successes are? She's built no border wall; 200 miles of that wall is being held up by her. These are the president's metrics, not mine. Okay. She's got the largest backlog of FEMA money. She's not sending out any money even to red states, okay. She's deporting less people than Barack Obama did – again, the president's metrics, not mine. I mean, what success does she have? I mean, if the president had her on The Apprentice, his old show, she would be the weakest link, and he would have fired her by now.

"You know, as far as policy changes are concerned, I think the idea that we have masked men running around American streets is ridiculous," Moskowitz continued. "So, for me, body cameras is a must, should have always been there. And the masks, the masks have to go. I think the masks are totally ridiculous and un-American. If our police officers don't have to wear them, okay, and our FBI agents don't to wear them, there's no excuse that ICE gets to wear them.

https://share.google/i246L491Y2Zh8vVj1

3 minutes ago, spidermike007 said:

think the masks are totally ridiculous and un-American. If our police officers don't have to wear them, okay, and our FBI agents don't to wear them, there's no excuse that ICE gets to wear them.

Ive posted pics i took of my provincial police in canada all masked up and dressed very similar to that of ICE agents. I lived in Toronto in early 2000s and saw many occasions where the local police were masked up.

2 hours ago, Harrisfan said:

Every nation does that

Actually, they don't. But you just proved my point.