Port Tack
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A very good and short read....
It's one of the few reasons I have found that begin to explain how someone as fucked up as Trump could have so many devout followers. The other classic and master gaslighter in history was Adolph Hitler. Someone capable of making people with weak minds question reality to then exert power or control over them.
If the Jan. 6 hearings have successfully proven one thing, it's that Trump is a 'master gaslighter,'
https://www.businessinsider.com/jan...p-is-master-gaslighter-politics-expert-2022-7
Gaslighting — a form of psychological manipulation — involves sowing doubts about someone's perception of reality by distorting facts and truths. The perpetrator often employs lies, denials, and fabricated memories to exert power and control over a victim.
It's one of the few reasons I have found that begin to explain how someone as fucked up as Trump could have so many devout followers. The other classic and master gaslighter in history was Adolph Hitler. Someone capable of making people with weak minds question reality to then exert power or control over them.