“Trump’s base isn’t an amorphous blob of cultish loyalty. It’s a coalition that coheres not around his personality, but around what his presence represents: defiance, vengeance, and symbolic inversion of a cultural order they believe has humiliated them. For some, it’s economic abandonment. For others, it’s religious displacement, cultural dislocation, or years of being told that their gender, skin color, profession, accent, or dietary habits mark them as morally inferior. Trump was — and still is — a middle finger wrapped in a flag, dipped in gold plating, and shouted through a bullhorn.”
– @chris
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Red Hat, Red Herring: Why Trump’s Base Still Won’t Break
Think Trump’s base is cracking over Epstein? Think again. Why scandal fatigue, populist distrust, and projection keep the red hat firmly in place.Chris Abraham
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