“Nobody will be tougher on ISIS than me. Nobody,” he said during his campaign announcement speech on June 16, 2015. “There’s nobody bigger or better at the military than I am,” he stated a few days later. The following month came this memorably hypnotic line, one that echoes Moon’s language: “I know more about offense and defense than [the generals] will ever understand, believe me. Believe me. Than they will ever understand. Than they will ever understand.” It’s a classic example of Trump’s tried-and-true habit of lulling his audience through repetition. A few months later came another infamous claim: “I know more about ISIS [the Islamic State militant group] than the generals do. Believe me.” LyingTrumpArroganceDelusionMind ControlTrumpism Book:The Cult of Trump: A Leading Cult Expert Explains How the President Uses Mind Control Source: The Cult of Trump: A Leading Cult Expert Explains How the President Uses Mind Control
“At the time, casting Trump as host was seen as a huge gamble. He had been labeled a “D-lister”—someone who lost all his money, a clownlike figure who couldn’t be taken seriously. Supervising editor of The Apprentice Jonathon Braun told the New Yorker, “We knew Trump was a fake… but we made him out to be the most important person in the world, making the court jester the king.” TrumpFraudTrumpism Book:The Cult of Trump: A Leading Cult Expert Explains How the President Uses Mind Control Source: The Cult of Trump: A Leading Cult Expert Explains How the President Uses Mind Control