The Cult of Trump is in full view

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Watching GOP leaders flip-flop on Trump would be funny if it wasn’t so pathetic.

In my last post, Thoughts on the war in Gaza, I wrote that my next two stories would be devoted to the current state of U.S. politics, including the upcoming presidential election and the near and present danger of Donald Trump. While I have plenty of material for both, two segments I saw MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” show seemed to be all I needed to sum up both topics.

The first clip from “Morning Joe,” titled, BILL BARR SAYS HE’LL VOTE FOR TRUMP AGAIN, is an interview former attorney general Bill Barr gave to Fox the other day,

Watch and weep, but pay attention Barr’s key points:

– “…pick the person who will do the least harm to the country and that, in my mind…I will support the Republican ticket…” (note, he could not actually utter the words “Donald Trump!”)

– “The real danger to the country is the progressive agenda…”

And this incredibly tone-deaf choice of words given Trump’s bromance with Putin:

– “…Trump may be playing ‘Russian Roulette’ but continuation of the Biden administration is national suicide…”

At least one thing from this interview is true: Bill Barr remains in the running for the biggest political hack of the current age.

But as this next clip will show, he has lots of competition. Watch as GOP leaders including governor of New Hampshire Chris Sununu, South Carolina senator Lindsey Graham, Florida senator Marco Rubio, Kentucky senator Rand Paul, former Speaker of the House, Kevin McCarthy and former Trump press secretary, Kayleigh McEnany embarrass themselves doing the Trump flip-flop.

After watching Barr and his GOP cronies in action – and remember, these are so-called “mainstream” Republicans, not congressional nut-cases like Marjorie Taylor Greene, Lauren Boebert, Matt Gaetz and others – the one takeaway is that the GOP is no longer a political party, it is a cult, the “Cult of Trump.” And these people didn’t even have to drink the Kool-Aid to join.

Published by Ted Block

Ted Block is a veteran “Mad Man,” having spent 45+ years in the advertising industry. During his career, he was media director of several advertising agencies, including Benton & Bowles in New York and Foote, Cone and Belding in San Francisco; account management director on clients as varied as Clorox, Levi’s and the California Raisin Advisory Board (yes, Ted was responsible for the California Dancing Raisins campaign); and regional director for Asia based in Tokyo for Foote, Cone where he was also the founding president of FCB’s Japanese operations. Ted holds a Bachelor’s degree in communications from Queens College and, before starting in advertising, served on active duty as an officer on USS McCloy (DE-1038) in the U.S. Navy. Besides writing Around the Block, Ted is also a guest columnist for the Palm Beach Post.

3 thoughts on “The Cult of Trump is in full view”

  1. Are you home?  Going to read this later. 🩷🩷🩷

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  2. “Honor is a gift that a man gives to himself!”

    If you loose your word, what meaningful ideas, thoughts or comments can possibly have any credence to the content of your character?

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