A Psychiatrist Explains What's At The Heart Of Trump's Appeal To The Core MAGA Base

[Jilly_in_VA]

I think this guy, speaking calmly and quietly, in somewhat academic terms, just nails it. He appeals to their coarser basic nature.

[usonian]

1. Transcript with some line breaks thrown in for readability

https://pastebin.com/raw/7TazN3LK

Here's the graphic version.
I keep posting these because they tell the basic story in two pics.

[Maru Kitteh]

2. He hates who they hate, and they love him for that. He promises to hurt people.

That’s what they want.

[allegorical oracle]

9. How can they be so angry and full of hate? It was in full bloom during Obama's

time in office. That's an awful lot of racist, sexist, mean, and petty minded people. And djt has fed it.

[Maru Kitteh]

10. He was one of them. He started stroking and petting their hate then.

Grooming them.

[leftstreet]

3. +1

They have 2 modes:

Being a Victim
Taking a Victory Lap

[KT2000]

4. Best explanation I've heard yet

They just don't get how they are being played.

[Champp]

5. Smack upside the head: Illuminates deep ugly truth about the anti-Christian beahvior of magas

[ananda]

6. We've all been saying this for the last 10 years.

He validates their hate and lust for violence...

it's all reptile-brain stuff.

[Warpy]

7. He's their abusive Daddy

I don't know if you've ever had contact with abused kids, but they're ridiculously loyal to their abusers.

"Hurt me some more, Daddy, so I can show you I LOVE you!"

That is certainly part of it, too.

Then there are the religious crazies, who allow that he might just be the Antichrist and that's great wtih them, that means they'll all git Ruptured real soon.

[Hotler]

8. The orange convict is a reflection of his voters. He's their tool to bring hate and cruelty to dems & libs.

Hate and cruelty are okay if it comes from a christian.

[Blasphemer]

11. Yeah, he's the Id of many Americans. nt