10 Signs You've Joined The Trump Cult

In a magnificent show of their independent-mindedness, 200 Donald Trump supporters sprinted after the Trump Royal Train in Warwick, Rhode Island. Trump-supporting Gateway Pundit’s Jim Hoft was all over the story:

    They were RUNNING ACROSS A FIELD to see Donald Trump arrive for his Rhode Island rally today. Then they chased him down the street. Just to get a glimpse of the Republican front-runner? When was the last time you saw HUNDREDS OF MIDDLE AGED PEOPLE Chase down a candidate’s caravan?

This story received a coveted link from the Drudge Report.

This story was seen as a positive for Trump.

Meanwhile, Trump supporters are threatening delegates; Rush Limbaugh is worried about violent riots that could “make the Watts and Rodney riots look like Romper Room when it was all over” if Trump loses the nomination.

Does this sound like a positive movement among conservatives? Or does it sound like a cult? Rick Ross, executive director of the Ross Institute for the Study of Destructive Cults, Controversial Groups and Movements, describes ten warning signs of cult development in The Guardian:

Absolute Authoritarianism. Certainly the Trump campaign tends toward this standard. Today, Politico reports that Trump has rejected his advisor, Paul Manafort’s push to be more “presidential” to woo delegates. Trump is instead redirecting power to the man who incessantly calls him “Mr. Trump” on the campaign trail and grabs reporters in his physical orbit, Corey Lewandowski. Manafort, it should be noted, was the only staff member who called Trump by his first name. Michael Cohen, Trump’s right-hand man, calls Trump “our patriarch.” Some of Trump’s most ardent supporters call him “Daddy.” This is not healthy.

No Tolerance For Questions. Asking tough questions about Trump merely demonstrates, according to a serious subset of Trump supporters, that you are a “cuckservative” who wishes to have your wife sexed up by a black man. No answers are necessary – Trump says it is so, and thus it is so. Mentioning Trump’s routine lies simply demonstrates that you are “establishment.”

No Meaningful Financial Disclosures. Trump says he’s worth $10 or $11 or $100 billion. All of these numbers come from thin air, given that Trump refuses to hand over his tax returns for nonsense reasons related to auditing. Trump lies about self-financing his campaign, about giving military donations to veterans’ groups, and about his charity record.

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