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Honestly, I think the people who fall for him have emotional safety issues. He tries to soothe with his voice and say everything is going to be alright. He'll lie his ass off in a general way, so you can give him a pass if it turns out wrong. I think that's why a huge percentage of his base are alcoholics, they just want everything to be okay.
I honestly crave not having to know this shit about our president who is/has:
I'm tired boss
John Coffey could be the poster child for the last decade of US politics.
Previous decades, too, it's just accelerated now.
That's a really good analogy. Him and Jesus, tbh. All religions base their savior on this archetype.
Edit: The more I think about this, the more I understand it. He sows fear with fox news and harassing brown people, and then takes on the savior, Jesus mode in his speeches and rallies. He's like the Old Testament god, follow the rules or bad things happen. But if you're good, you'll have riches and the kingdom will be yours.
Edit 2, this is breaking my brain: Trump takes on the Jesus character, which is why he had no problem showing himself as Jesus. But underneath the surface, the Old Testament is playing out in all of it's hate, carnage and glory. I can see his handlers saying, "Now remember, you're Jesus. Be loving to your people and say nice things and be kind to them. You can hate on anyone else though, that's fine. You don't have to be like Jesus there."