Trump’s Mind Control Madness

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🗓️ 6 March 2020

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

Virginia Heffernan welcomes back author and leading cult expert, Steven Hassan, to talk about his latest book, The Cult of Trump, and about his own experience being lured into and then recovering from a cult. Only Slate Plus members get to listen to every Trumpcast episode in full. Sign up now to get access to every Trumpcast episode and support the show. Follow @realTrumpcast on Twitter. Podcast production by Phil Surkis and Melissa Kaplan. Engineering help from Merritt Jacob. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello, slate listeners.
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0:10.8	Oh my god.
0:11.7	A false number.
0:13.2	That's what President Trump called the World Health Organization's latest global
0:17.3	death rate of the coronavirus.
0:19.6	And so talked about having a hunch about what he thinks is going on.
0:23.3	Instead of the scientific numbers from the World Health Organization.
0:27.8	Vice President Pence flattered the president's response.
0:33.2	And then the president took the microphone and he blamed President Obama for
0:37.5	slow progress in coronavirus testing.
0:39.9	I want to stop Trump.
0:41.2	I believe he's a threat to this country.
0:43.4	He can't be stopped within the Republican Party.
0:46.3	Nobody can beat him.
0:47.4	It's Trump's party, John.
0:48.9	It's not a party.
0:50.2	It's a cult.
0:53.8	Hello and welcome to Trumpcast.
0:55.2	I'm Virginia Heffernan.
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