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The Hartmann Report

Daily Take: The Kool-Aid Presidency: How Donald Trump Created America’s Jonestown

The Hartmann Report

Thom Hartmann

Congress, Economics, Climate Change, The Hartmann Report, Debate, Democracy, America, Thom Hartmann, News

4.41.2K Ratings

🗓️ 11 July 2025

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

He didn’t need a jungle. With lies, fear, and blind loyalty, Trump built his Jonestown in the heart of our republic — and millions are still drinking…

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The Kool-Aid presidency, Donald Trump, created America's Jonestown.

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Former FBI agent Michael Feinberg has gone public, pointing out that the agency under the leadership of Banjino and Patel is purging itself of people who are not members of the Trump cult, my phrase not his.

1:21.6

Similar cult-like behavior is on vivid display with the White House press secretary, the head of DHS, the head of the Department of

1:28.2

Justice, among numerous other administration officials and elected Republicans, regularly

1:33.4

spouting lies and hap truths that target women, immigrants, and Democrats.

1:39.2

Marjorie Taylor Green is implying that the children who died in the Texas floods were the

1:43.4

victims of a nefarious plot,

1:45.7

presumably by Democrats or Jews who operate space lasers, to modify the weather,

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