Wake Up, America!

I read your analysis of Trump and agree to your detailed information about him; from his childhood to the man he has become now…and how he got to be. I, too, am doing my part to expose his defiance against our constitution which has worked, as you stated, for 200 years. I call Trump a grifter, but as you so eloquently put it, he’s a GCOAT; I found that enlightening and on point. Keep writing these articles and hopefully America will wake up to put a stop to Trump and his crooked administration.

First, it's exceptionally well written (I don't often say that--for over 30 years, I earned my living writing scientific reports and reviews for the professional medical literature, and I saw a lot of atrocious writing in that time). The content is good, but I think its major worth would be as a source document for people writing anti-Trump polemics. MAGA people would never read anything that long even if it praised Trump; the people who would read it are already convinced, but some might make use of the material and the insights it offers. As for the content, it's a psychosocial portrait of Trump and a social-political portrait of MAGA people. I think there are some additional topics that are important in understanding how someone like Trump could have tens of millions of devoted cult-members. I don't see MAGA as a political movement; it has no agenda (they support whatever Trump says at any given moment). - The human disinclination to face the challenge of rationality; demagogues... Read more

Makes you think!