For Europeans of a certain age, this is eerily familiar.
Aaron Rupar @atrupar
23 Jul 2019
Replying to @atrupar
It’s a cult
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Trump Youth. Where they can study and learn to emulate the All American Values that prepared their Leader to be Great: eg the lost arts of Trump U, how to bankrupt a casino, how to be a reality TV star, how if you’re smart you pay no taxes, and how to rake the forest floor.
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Also, how to mock the sick, weak and disabled, and how to sexually mistreat women and get away with it. For a certain segment of the population, these are indeed "virtues" to emulate.
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Replying to @yourauntemma
The speech was deeply disturbing exhorting his young audience to decry his critics as "lunatics," the "fake press," the "Russia hoax," happy memories of the Miss Universe pageant, our deadbeat allies, the 2nd amendment, how Article II allows the president to do anything, etc.

Jul 24, 2019 · 1:36 PM UTC

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Replying to @RobertEllsberg
He is feeling emboldened. And why not. No one is stopping him now.
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