this post was submitted on 21 May 2025
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So dumb that you couldn't even have imagine it.
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No he is a dumb shit. As his minions are. He's just getting votes because of his extreme populist strategy and wealth (this dumbfuck is still a fucking billionaire and this definitely plays a big role). Most people are just politically illiterate.
I mean would you ever buy something from him personally?
Unfortunately, yes. When he speaks, he uses hypnosis techniques and he truly has no morals, so I can't hear any deception in his voice. He doesn't believe anything, so he doesn't really lie in his fucked up head. So yeah, when he speaks, I put him on fast so I don't fall for the sing-song voice and the vague slowness of his speech.
I wish I could find the person's video that was on reddit from his first term. She explained how cult leaders do it and he does it to a tee. It was super old, like from the 60s or 70s, but she could have been talking about trump.
Edit: I fucking found it! I can't believe how many times I looked for this video. Ironically, I have it at 2x speed and I still understand what she's saying. You can watch the entire thing or start at around 23 minutes or so to get the trump effect. Here we go folks.
Transcript of portion:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8bRBFhMEQFk
What's hilarious to me is that so many people I talk to refuse out-of-hand to consider that he's using a hypnotic technique, but also point out themselves about how they're mystified about how he's able to influence so many followers. Not only does the hypnosis hypothesis have a fair amount of scientific and historical support, it's a better explanation than, "It doesn't make any sense!"
He's a salesman and these are salesman techniques. I guess calling it hypnosis throws everyone off, but I don't really get why. Putting people in positions to be manipulated seems pretty obvious that that's what he's doing.