How To “Deprogram” Trump Cult Before 2024 Election w/ Dr. Steven Hassan

Cult survivor and author, Dr. Steve Hassan joins Thom Hartmann to discuss how to deprogram the Trump cult before they bring our democracy to the ground.
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[@carolyngartner6865]

I was brought up in a Christian cult. When I began to think critically and ask questions, I was scapegoated as being evil. I finally left the church but lost my family in the process. Leaving a cult is not easy.

[@lc4011]

Bless your heart. The truth teller is made the scapegoat. You have endured and survived a lot. ❤️

[@larrynile8770]

@@lc4011 I applaud your moral courage. I wish there were more like you.

[@lc4011]

@@larrynile8770 Me too.

[@aNaturalist]

You're strong! That's so tough! I'm still in touch with my family, but it's rocky at times.

[@anndelorge8451]

@@carolyngartner6865 accepting anything new is risky because something else we know has to change.

[@Grandpa_Boxer]

My own mother hung up on me when I dared to suggest Trump is not a good man. Her church and FOX news have taken her down the rabbit-hole.

[@donnawalney1331]

I’m so sorry, that must be very hurtful. I hope your Mom is able to see the truth someday.

[@GMCTIM]

Yeap,cuz ppl just like this here talking TRASH about Trumps " CULT " and we see what Democrats are doing they can't !

[@gdobie1west988]

Get the new book, Lucky Loser. Tells how Trump conned his way through life.

[@sumiland6445]

My mom was too, but she died last april. Last week of her life we were all with her and she never mentioned trump or anything maga or otherwise. She was at peace and so were we. For years it was impossible to be around her. So relieved it wasn't part of the last days of her life.

[@BMinus0593]

Yes, Fox is just as evil as trump. People forget about the $780 million penalty they had to pay. It really isn’t considered “news” by anyone paying attention.

[@Anden1]

Early voting can prevent unwanted presidency 💞💙🌊🇺🇸 Vote blue ballot down don't forget local elections 💞💙🌊🇺🇸

[@debikeeney]

Yes! Harris Walz 2024!

[@TodaysDante]

Universal mail-in ballots and voter harvesting need to stop. We need voter ID for a fair and honest vote. If you had any real confidence in your candidates, you would agree.

[@unbehagen686]

💙🔥

[@billw8476]

lets put pizza boxes over the windows so no one can film us cheating.......AGAIN

[@margyeoman3564]

You mean vote for Kamala Harris? Don't you know that your Democrat Powers would be fine with a Chimpanzee ? Just as they prefered a senile old goat, corruption and all to an intelligent man. Or sound representation.

[@RGRedRover]

“They will turn away from listening to the truth and give attention to false stories.” 2 Timothy 4:3,4

[@sharonjohnson9063]

...disguised and labelled by them as "alternative facts".

[@mehrcat1]

Anything can be justified with a quote from the 'wholly babble'.

[@RGRedRover]

@@mehrcat1Bless those who curse you, pray for those who abuse you.” Luke 6:28 God wants us to respond to mockery or insult not with retaliation, but with kindness and prayer.

[@mehrcat1]

@@RGRedRover Can't you think of anything original?

[@carolyntalbot947]

Whether you are Christian or not, it is undeniable that Trump meets every single criteria in the Bible for the/an Anti-Christ figure. Because MAGA Evangelicals do not read the Bible (certainly not the New Testament) and instead believe in right-wing fictional accounts like the 1990’s “Left Behind” series, they fail to recognize the obvious. They engage in what the Bible warns against: idol worship, blasphemy, heresy. They justify cruelty towards women, the poor, immigrants and people of color and reject the teaching of Christ.

[@marvinmartin4692]

It’s definitely a cult! They don’t tolerate any contradiction of their beliefs!

[@opossumlvr1023]

When facts back up your world view you should not tolerate contrary ideologies. God Emperor Trump is our Savior!!!

[@intuitionz1198]

​@@ace9840this simply isn't true. there is no one on the left that compares to the right and number or ideology. not even close. you moderates are what got us into this position in the first place.

[@intuitionz1198]

​@@marcdewey1242I'm not a liberal but I find that they definitely take criticism just fine when they're wrong. you also don't seem to understand the definition of acult. tells me you should be listening very carefully to this video and work on some self-reflection instead of wasting your time commenting.

[@LouMue]

​@@ace9840to get the middle vote Blue because the right is far right. As far as laws and government benefits.. we never have to worry too much about being too left because there are lots of billionaires. 😀💙 We just want to drag it a little more to the middle.

[@vindiesel1469]

Worse!? They denounce reality and truth in real time, while aligned with wishes of Putin in destroying N.A.T.O.

[@vindiesel1469]

Anyone who has the power to make you believe absurdities, has the power to make you commit atrocities. ~Voltaire

[@gen_xecutioner]

So you found the pee tape, comrade?

[@standarddisclaimer]

Pretty smart guy, Voltaire.

[@felixpoventud3914]

Everybody needs to read that!

[@MicaOShea-oe7ir]

A great quote. I love this one by Isaac Asimov. “There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.”

[@2giantmonsters]

Great quote!

[@TraderRobin]

The ONLY difference between Trump and Jim Jones, is..... ......Trump would charge you for the Kool-Aid!!

[@deepattison9329]

I love your post! How true and also funny. Black humor.

[@nathanjones6638]

Imagine how great America would be if Trump did that trick to his followers.

[@TraderRobin]

@@deepattison9329 Actually, it was grape Flavor-Aid!

[@TraderRobin]

@@nathanjones6638 We'd sure have a lot more orphans here!

[@TraderRobin]

@@deepattison9329 Dark, maybe, but not black.

[@frasergroves8470]

His testimonies of having "been there, done that" gives him tremendous credibility. In other words - a subject matter expert.

[@janicefredericks7505]

Thank you . I needed to be reminded of asking questions. I’m a counselor and a registered Republican but could not vote for trump ever. Family members are trump supporters. Hope they have been rethinking of it. Pretty sad and scary.

[@LouMue]

Good luck 🍀 it sounds like you are in a great position to open some eyes 👀 🤞

[@ubereats3048]

Why is it scary? Harris as president is very scary for the USA and everyone person in the world.

[@ubereats3048]

​@@LouMueopen eyes about how crazy Harris is

[@Josh-y4r]

​@@ubereats3048trump is more insane. I got gotcha

[@BMinus0593]

@@ubereats3048They’re talking about cult members….. hopefully someday you’ll realize they’re talking about you.

[@Satans_lil_helper]

Love his work. Thank you Dr. Hassan.

[@anndelorge8451]

I think we as a nation need to thoroughly understand gaslighting.

[@saphireblue3563]

We do, and it's coming from the left.

[@TheRealMake-Make]

30-40 million Americans in that cult?!? That’s shocking and disturbing-that’s like one in ten people. Holy crap.

[@yestohappiness2721]

Yeah, I was so shocked too to hear it! That definitely explains how there are some 50 million maga - all these cults merging into the supreme “leader” aka convicted felon tRump. 😢 Imagine the trillion of dollars to be made and the power rides these cults bring behind trump!

[@Urfman]

I’ve been trying to deprogram my parents for 8 years now, nothing works. I’ve concluded that we are all in a musical and everyone is just playing their part. Reality is quite strange.

[@RGRedRover]

@@Urfman my two good friends since 7th grade, both Conservative Christians, are voting for Trump because he’s the Republican candidate. I’ve thrown everything I can at them: that he’s a convicted felon, failed businessman, adulterer, traitor, liar, etc. I tell them, just this once vote for country over party, for morality and integrity. They just don’t care 🤷🏼‍♀️

[@catdaddy8603]

With the help of QAnon and other conspiracy driven groups, people believe that trump is some kind of divine, super being. I have relatives who literally believe that trump is descended directly from Jesus and has God DNA that grant him super human powers. No joke.

[@yestohappiness2721]

Maybe trying to ask them questions like they say here - when did you hear first about trump? Maybe playing some old trump apprentice shows… that will take them from seeing the trump of now vs seeing the tv person before… not sure what else to do

[@Urfman]

@@yestohappiness2721 I’ve studied street epistemology, it doesn’t work on them. Socratic Method.

[@yestohappiness2721]

@@Urfman wow! The sad thing is that many of them will take their beliefs to their grave… I come from a dictatorship country, immigrated after 1989 and my 75 years old mom as well as my late aunt and grandma continue to talk about the dictator as in: “those were the good times, he was great” - wtf, all 3 of them almost died of unofficial abortions (they were banned as well), there were long lines for the most minute things like to get 3 pairs of underwear per person, we had rations on bread, butter, flour, eggs, sugar, oil… so WTF???? And they still praised our supreme leader who only completed 4 grades at school but was a ruthless Russian puppet.

[@RLee-zs1ds]

Fixing the MAGA cult ? Forrest Gump ..... “Stupid is as stupid does.” Ron White............ "You can't fix stupid" "There is no sin except stupidity"

[@swankieR_wheels]

But we have to!😢

[@karenhartman9774]

Such a much needed conversation! It’s been driving me crazy that these culted ones are mocked and called stupid etc. They aren’t stupid, they are damaged and have unhealed childhood trauma that leaves them vulnerable to having their fears exploited. They are to be pitied not persecuted, though we have to try to protect others from their unbridled hatred. We mustn’t be adding to the problem. We have to try to lift them up

[@WoefulMinion]

Absolutely. They're our fellow Americans and we're all in the same boat. They've just been exploited and need sympathy and understanding, not further abuse.

[@marianmartinez1494]

if only Trump could be exposed to his followers.....he's already said 'I don't care about YOU, I care about your vote.'

[@LisaFenton-h7f]

@@WoefulMinion I agree that we shouldn't be "abusive" to these people, but they see JUST DISAGREEING WITH THEM as 'ABUSE"! Trump Cult-members themselves are often ABUSIVE TO OTHERS.

[@CraftyGrandmaDem]

@@WoefulMinion It's Trump's cult that are being abusive.

[@asesetervoll6035]

⭐👍

[@artvandelay8030]

I know your anger, I know your dreams I've been everything you want to be Oh, I'm the cult of personality Neon lights, a Nobel prize When a mirror speaks, the reflection lies You won't have to follow me Only you can set me free You gave me fortune, you gave me fame You gave me power in your god's name I'm every person you need to be Oh, I'm the cult of personality I am the cult of, I am the cult of I am the cult of, I am the cult of I am the cult of, I am the cult of I am the cult of, I am the cult of personality -Living Color, 1988

[@janicebreuer3103]

I've been listening to this song a lot lately. More relevant than ever.

[@unbehagen686]

🇺🇲❤️🤍💙🇺🇲🔥

[@unbehagen686]

Thank you for posting!!

[@artvandelay8030]

@@janicebreuer3103 no doubt about it. !00%

[@Rational_Mind]

It was prescient… or maybe they were just very good students of history, and how it has a tendency to rhyme

[@TheMahayanist]

Here's the key to getting Trump voters to not vote in November, tell them that if an 80 year old Trump dies, they'll be stuck with JD Vance.

[@debbyrabold6069]

I think they like Vance.

[@larrynile8770]

JD does batsh*t very effectively.

[@swankieR_wheels]

Ha ha ha, that should do it!

[@lindarichards4408]

Those that actually accept consequences may give it some thought. Others are so far gone will ultimately accept their fate only when the truth ruins them. 🧐😵‍💫

[@joannepickering1646]

This is great on dealing with a family member, not random people on social media

[@schollstockroscopalooza2017]

Especially when name calling has become a contest here.

[@Alleged_Mercenary]

These people will worship him from now on, there is no deprogramming them.

[@clearbluesky539]

What about when he's eventually gone?

[@Collageartist69]

When he dies, they will still be maga worshipers.

[@maevekennedy3909]

I got out.

[@Jacob-hk6to]

You’re right in a lot of cases they don’t want to admit they were so wrong. It’s like admitting they were duped.

[@RLee-zs1ds]

@@clearbluesky539 Trumpism will go on for generations, it takes a long time to educate these people, and stupidity is not an easy fix.

[@brianp4017]

Some may escape, most will die of old age still believing his nonsense 😢

[@nathanjones6638]

If they side with Trump, better to just imagine they have already passed, sort of like zombies. The loved ones we had died, and are replaced with monsters. Remember your loved ones how they were, and do not love the monsters they became.

[@paul5683]

Much like a drug addiction or alcoholism, a big factor with changing your lifestyle is. stopping drinking or doing drugs is pushing away all your friends and comrades. And completely staying away from those people. These people who are your coworkers, church members, family, spouse, your best friend. You have to stop all of them too.

[@MartinSanchez-dn3lf]

For weak minded people

[@joea363]

Cults are little religions and religions are big cults.

[@davidgoosen1633]

Very well stated

[@larrynile8770]

Brilliant!

[@saphireblue3563]

Yes and all these foreigners Biden has brought over here belong to much more religious cults than American Christianity. They all believe in animals sacrifice.

[@johnmiranda2307]

Deprogram thirty years of Fox Fake News? 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@TodaysDante]

What makes Fox worse than CNN or MSNBC? Have you watched it? They do things the others don't, like talk to experts in the field, and use things like videos, to show their point.

[@missionrd100]

​@@TodaysDanteexperts, and things🤣

[@intuitionz1198]

​@@TodaysDanteare you seriously asking if there are Americans out there that haven't at some time or another watched "Fox news"? 😂 yes, we've all watched it. all of us have watched all of the media there is to watch. you have nothing of value to teach us.

[@TodaysDante]

@@intuitionz1198 - You may have turned to that station. But I doubt you ever actually "watched" it. And I didn't ask you. I asked the person who called Fox News "fake."

[@LetsGoChaseThatTrain]

And 40 years of hate talk AM radio.

[@seanabbottband]

This explains it for sure, DT definitely has traits of Jim Jones and other cult leaders

[@schollstockroscopalooza2017]

I've studied Jim Jones and he was a hard core socialist, he only used religion as a tool for control. These comparisons are silly.

[@seanabbottband]

@@schollstockroscopalooza2017 his techniques have been broken down by people who actually know what they’re talking about, he uses the same rhetoric for brainwashing they all do, it’s documented.

[@ericroman9126]

The first time I heard a trump rally I immediately thought of NLP and programming. He certainly drills his ill message.

[@LouMue]

Spot on! His way of speaking hypnotizes some folks

[@JoanneCurious-g4t]

News outlets and ministers also have to yell to get their message across. To get it deep into members' brains.

[@M.J.212]

Tremendously beautifully BIGLY, the likes of which the world has never seen before. A lot of people are always saying it, right?

[@LouMue]

​@@M.J.212 I've noticed he says "you know it, everybody knows it" a lot even when he's wrong lol like a hypnotic mantra

[@M.J.212]

@@LouMue Perhaps why his broken record rallies are all the same, steeped heavily in scapegoating, demonizing, projection, deflection, fear mongering scare tactics and catastrophizing etc...

[@bg2w609]

YES!! Do keep talking about the religious cults that are within the cult of Trump.

[@ankhpom9296]

Trump declared himself the chosen one and white evangelicals believe him.

[@pmfg875]

Thank you for interviewing Dr Hassan!

[@DeborahAnneWeber]

My grandfather, Max Weber, Jr wrote *The Cult of Personality* he was the greatest foe of the Nazis...

[@unbehagen686]

🇺🇲❤️🤍💙🇺🇲🔥

[@larrynile8770]

We all should be deeply grateful for his work. Eric Hoffer followed his path, writing "The True Believer" in the 1950s..

[@unbehagen686]

@@larrynile8770 Thank you for mentioning

[@unbehagen686]

@@DeborahAnneWeber Thank you for sharing! Great heritage to be proud of! 🔥🇺🇲❤️🤍💙🇺🇲🔥

[@goettling]

There is a Max-Weber-Platz in Munich. I was born and raised there.

[@Collageartist69]

These people have been around forever.

[@Thomas-pq4ys]

I ask questions of them on social media. So far, none... yes, NONE, have responded. The most they do is ramble on with conspiracies, not answering my question. I ask for a link to their conspiracies.... still, nothing, no response, they ghost me.... some have unfriended me, for just asking questions. So many are just gone... some are friends, fans of my music... crazy, in spite of being educated professionals.

[@leonardzane]

Thanks for having such an informative, authoritative guest and for avoiding a wild hype label for this particular program.

[@kathrynwells5936]

So good to hear you saying to be compassionate not mocking heart❤

[@johnnythermos8288]

If tyranny becomes law, rebellion becomes duty. Thomas Jefferson.

[@Pdwsow-3360]

Thank you for bringing that quote to my attention I don't re call ever hearing it. That one sentence says it all and should ring true for everyone that knows and respects the sacrifices of all those that fought to make this country independent and maintain our freedoms and liberty.

[@saphireblue3563]

That is the way it is now. Biden dumping many thousands of Haitians into American cities without the permission of the American people. Tyranny.

[@jbm135]

I have two friends who are Trumpers. This video explains a lot about their behavior. Thanks.

[@Sekte-kultovi]

"Ungodly man who will save godly people." Good one!

[@TheDradge]

"They have prophets..." They have "profits" as well!

[@abridalmaven]

I think it’s hopeless. I know too many of them who went down the rabbit hole.

[@lesliecurran1704]

It reminds me so much of The Invasion of the Body Snatchers

[@larrynile8770]

@@lesliecurran1704 I LOVE that movie. The "other" Kevin McCarthy is magnificent in the original 1956 movie.

[@annenyman678]

They will start wising up once Trump kicks the bucket.

[@ejjantz2878]

Frankly Trumpy followers remind me of the people who refused to believe smoking caused cancer, most until they were coughing up a lung or until John Wayne was dying of it.

[@larrynile8770]

And if that didn't do it, their antivax beliefs gave them another chance to off themselves during the 2020 Covid19 epidemic.

[@LouMue]

I believe it's a cult but not all of the members are religious

[@LouMue]

Robert j. Lifton ?

[@jamesreid8638]

True in most churches, too. People are pretty arbitrary in construction of their belief systems, and many adaptations are the result of coercion, wjich can come from many diverse influences.

[@GenXersJustWalkItOff]

Dr. Hassan is such a blessing.

[@drstevenhassan]

Thank you

[@GenXersJustWalkItOff]

@@drstevenhassan It’s just the truth.🤓

[@SandraGoff-t9c]

One point that I’ve noticed is that the activities enjoyed by rally attendees outside of the venue, where trump later speaks, is a big part of the group’s identity and social bonding. One woman said she felt safe among friends at these gatherings. There is entertainment, the clothing, etc. Where else can they get this? It’s like the highlight of their lives.

[@lesliecurran1704]

Kind of like what churches do.... There's a very huge social element to it.

[@robertthweatt1900]

Pretty labor intensive, that deprogamming. What could the Harris campaign use to weaken their attachment? It may be happening already, I've seen numerous reports, over months, of much reduced Trump signage, etc, compared to 2020. He also consistently underperformed his polls in the primary..

[@keirfarnum6811]

Just unplugging them from the right wing media verse makes a huge difference. People have blocked Fox and the other right wing media outlets on their parents’ TVs, and the change only takes a few weeks.

[@LouMue]

​@@keirfarnum6811 we have to wait till they're in the nursing home 😂

[@JoanneCurious-g4t]

Treat them with love and kindness. It's a pretty big contrast to what they've been listening to and beleaving.

[@keaco73]

That new documentary “Untruth” was excellent.

[@kellyclover5953]

Megachurch Christian pastors are very much at fault for creating this cult. This includes Pat and Gordon Robertson, Robert Jeffress, Franklin Graham, Kenneth Copeland, Mike Huckabee, Mark Taylor, Sid Roth, and a large number of others.

[@stevejette2329]

My son is one Dem working with 9 guys who are either trumpers or apathetic. He knew enough to simply ask them questions. They may have a level #1 answer but cannot go any deeper. His boss is very red so he has to be careful. But the big boss is blue and loves my son. One guy recently said that all the stars simply reflect the light from our sun, just like our moon. Failure of the school system and/or his parents ? Now that so many people are drugged up or incapacitated, many kids will be growing up wild. Watch the movie "Idiocracy". ya

[@chashue6032]

Good luck with that. They are BEYOND being returned to sanity.

[@ReformedRepublican]

Ronald Reagan brought the Evangelicals into government, thereby weakening the Separation of Church and State. If you are a Reagan Republican, you might want to reevaluate the trickle down economics failure and union busting that hurt the middle class, necessary for a healthy democracy.

[@roberthanks1636]

Some MAGAists can be deprogrammed by family and professionals, but almost no one can be deprogrammed through debates or discussions on social media.

[@LouMue]

I have learned a ton because of Thom and I have a ton of his books!

[@rhettarchitects3213]

So helpful advice for those that have lost loved ones ❤

[@dArtagnan712]

First Clue: your God requires communicating through and servitude to someone else.

[@PlanetrightPro]

Yes, this works... they return to paranoia when attacked.

[@steveng-my6zk]

Question, do you think the MAGA trump cult is the largest cult America has ever had ?

[@GeistInTheMachine]

It has to be. Or the most dangerous. Many Trump/Loomerites are members of other cults too. They are a violent cult.

[@user-sp6zq2qo1i]

Pretty much other than scientology!

[@goettling]

@@user-sp6zq2qo1i KKK?

[@jamesmarchetti3286]

Great explanation and definitions and some points that I have noticed for awhile now !!!

[@crystalclink]

Helpful points Mr Hassan. We need to ask them questions in a curious way which will get their critical thinking skills moving again.

[@mikemetague7973]

Thinking deeply about this is important. The cultists seem rabidly cocksure, so seeds of doubt must be sown, so even though they're adament, their spouses and neighbors say, "Uh-hum?"

[@Jimmy-gh1ko]

I Think that our Government should send Trump the convicted felon over to Iran to stand trial for his crime with them. He has a bounty on his head there.

[@evannatland5151]

Didn't see a difference between cults and “real” Christian church 😂

[@K2blades2]

Sadly someone very close to me is sucked into the Qanon stuff. There is no way to get to him. ☹😥😭

[@Veroweithofer]

Is that still a thing?

[@Punch240]

I pray daily for the ELECT among them that the LORD would show them the same grace and mercy HE'S given to me.❤

[@lifeandfaith]

Great interview! I don't interact with my MAGA relatives. I'll think about what you said. Maybe there is a way to reach out. I'll think about it.

[@alro11]

thxxThomm for having this guy on

[@micaelakerley2351]

So interesting! Thank you 😊

[@threeraven13]

I think it was Eckhart Tolle maybe said confusion is thinking things are one way when they're really another.

[@ericlondon2663]

You wouldn't like my methods.

[@C-Span222]

Thank you

[@randywaldron2715]

Every fascist movement requires a strong man, and every strong man requires a cult following

[@spelunkerd]

In a society where only a third of people vote, Trump doesn't need to convert all. He just needs to inspire all his followers to vote. If all average people voted, he wouldn't have a chance.

[@denisesatt7044]

The abusive talk and actions make this approach unworkable.. toxic

[@carolnelson1860]

went through this ,**** today with a family member

[@user-sp6zq2qo1i]

Without any doubt whatsoever, "TRUE CULT OF EVIL" There will be a book!

[@Susan-c4v]

Best to stay away if you know who they are

[@davidcottrell1308]

Sorry, there is no way to accomplish this. they are lost.

[@stevehill1000]

I’m a dyslexic atheist. I don’t believe in a dog.

[@dashamac]

De-register the GOP!

[@stevejohnson2321]

💙

[@mommabear5663]

My former pastor uses the phrase to vote bible. Which means I should vote republican. However, i don't like what he stands for and have my own beliefs and honestly will never vote bible regardless of what I've been taught.

[@JohnChrystaline]

Chump seems to be doing a hell of a job of that all by himself

[@reidflemingworldstoughestm1394]

The Tre45on cult programming started two generations ago. Reversing that is going to take decades.

[@kathrynwells5936]

I'm wondering g if trump himself is cons ciously doing this or if he is handled by others who see this strange hypnotic effect he causes

[@KennethDixon-jf3ed]

Trump 24 to save our constitutional republic

[@Susan-c4v]

I think it's funny how ppl are so desperate to belong that they are organizing their own government. I won't have anything to do with them. They're immature

[@davidharris7235]

Can't people just think for themselves for gods sake.

[@Thunderbolt008]

So true

[@AnythingwithGregG-f2z]

We need to focus on the 3% we might have an opportunity to influence, the rest are lost for this election. Spend limited resources judiciously.

[@beng2729]

So according to you Harris will make a better President. Seek professional help.

[@schollstockroscopalooza2017]

Yes, but I think you know most professional help will send them further down their rabbit hole.

[@lespaul1755]

That won't be easy

[@MT-Pink]

Well I guess I'm not gonna be involved in the deprogramming because all I can do is mock them

[@MT-Pink]

After losing a friend, who was a donny supporter, to covid, I have no ability to be sympathetic.

[@tanyawilliams8254]

💙 Do you think it is conscious on Trumps part?? Vote Blue America 🇺🇸

[@kimlibera663]

I will agree it is a cult.

[@52ace1]

Very smart perspective but so hard to activate when there is no direct interaction with these people.

[@kathrynwells5936]

I really disagree with your idea about Kennedy.

[@normanleach5427]

Early on, I read a few books that seemed insightful and suggested a deeper view of life. One was presented as a non-fiction account of various experiences, the other, was an explication of a Hundu text. In both instances, it never occured to me that I might have been intellectualy compromised by their influence. Humility and a healthy skepticism offers a more subtle approach to esoteric truth.

[@LouMue]

One of Helena Blavatsky's sayings is "there is no religion higher than truth"

[@M.J.212]

​@@LouMueRudy Giuliani, truth isn't truth.

[@jpaul251]

I'm not voting for either ticket.

[@guyfile1529]

You:re making trump way smarter than he is..

[@jamesreid8638]

Trump is a buffoon. His handlers at the Federalist Society and the Heritage Foundation, on the other hand, are the puppetmasters who pull his strings and feed the Totalitarian talking points to his writers, and the teleprompter makes it look spontaneous. He fails in public speech, but the Legacy Media is owned by people who support his sponsors, and their agenda thereby. This has been brewing for close to 50 years now, and it is quite intentional and painstakingly arranged. Concerted and persistent resistance, involving an irrefutable demographic majority all working together, will all be required to save our Country from going the way Hitler had hoped we would.

[@nkm327]

This must mean Trump is winning and Kamala camp is desperate. 😂

[@sharonsanderson5923]

U all quacks!😅

[@schollstockroscopalooza2017]

They better stay away from Springfield Ohio.

[@ushere5791]

many thanks to dr. hassan. how is tfg's cognitive decline affecting his ability to hypnotize the cult followers?

[@mercurygirl67]

Rwether they know it or not they certainly are cult like