President Donald Trump’s cult of persona is alive and properly—and apparently influencing overseas coverage.
Billionaire Steve Witkoff, Trump’s Center East envoy and Trump household crypto negotiator, appeared in an interview clip posted on X by the White Home’s Speedy Response 47 account Friday.
“The neocon element believes that war is the only way to solve things, and the president believes that his force of personality, the way he is going to respond to situations, can bend people to do things in a much better way, for, in the interests of the United States government, and I believe in that, too,” Witkoff mentioned.
Witkoff, like every expert propagandist, sprinkles in sufficient reality to lend a patina of credibility to his message—similar to stating that neocons take pleasure in utilizing navy sources beneath false pretenses, like invading a rustic over nonexistent weapons of mass destruction.
Trump has created a cult of persona, turning his Mar-a-Lago resort right into a seat of energy the place the rich and highly effective are anticipated to return and kiss the ring, all whereas he grifts garish guitars to his base.
Trump’s oppressive demand for public shows of loyalty has led to more and more cultish spectacles of fealty.
Federal Communications Fee Chair Brendan Carr, who’s eagerly finishing up Trump’s warfare on the free press, has been sporting a gold lapel pin of a bust of Trump.
And GOP Reps. Brandon Gill and Troy Nehls of Texas launched the Golden Age Act, which might substitute Benjamin Franklin on the $100 invoice with Trump—in full coloration. Barf!
In the meantime, GOP Rep. Anna Paulina Luna of Florida launched a invoice directing the Inside secretary to have Expensive Chief’s face carved into Mount Rushmore Nationwide Memorial. That’s a 60-foot, from chin to pompadour, tribute.
So far as overseas coverage goes, Trump’s “cult of personality” powers have failed to finish the Russian invasion of Ukraine and even deliver down the worth of groceries. On the similar time, they’ve made Individuals much less protected to journey and severely undermined the nation’s means to care for its residents.
Trump won’t be a neocon, however he does have deliberate a navy parade for his 79th birthday. It received’t assist U.S. nationwide safety or small companies being choked by his commerce warfare, however it’s going to actually assist feed the ego that powers his cult of persona.
