{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6a2ad2e9440b9d7bbf6bde6b/6a2ad5af90aa100df9098490?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Why Donald Trump is truly a cult leader","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/6a2ad2e9440b9d7bbf6bde6b/56b08489164a27ca006c09388752a344.jpg?height=200","description":"<p>Trump’s followers are often described as cult-like. But how much does the former president actually act like a cult leader? Does he employ the same coercive control tactics utilised by infamous infamous figureheads of the past – like Jim Jones and Sun Myung Moon? <em>The Cult of Trump </em>author and leading mind control expert <strong>Steven Hassan</strong> tells <strong>Rafael Behr </strong>how perceiving Trump as a cult leader might let us better understand the current political climate. </p><p><br></p><p><em>• “People don’t care that Trump has ninety-one criminal charges against him, that he has over 40,000 documented lies. They refuse to believe he lost the election. Their minds have been hacked.”</em><strong><em> – Steven Hassan</em></strong></p><p><em>• “There are a lot of different cults in the cult of trump.” </em><strong><em>– Steven Hassan</em></strong></p><p><br></p><p><em>We are sponsored by Indeed. Go to </em><a href=\"http://indeed.com/bunker\"><em>Indeed.com/bunker</em></a><em> for £100 sponsored credit.</em></p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://www.patreon.com/bunkercast\"><strong><em>www.patreon.com/bunkercast</em></strong></a><strong><em> </em></strong>  </p><p>  </p><p>Written and presented by Rafael Behr. Producer: Eliza Davis Beard. Audio editor: Robin Leeburn. Managing editor: Jacob Jarvis. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. Music by Kenny Dickinson and artwork by James Parrett. <strong>THE BUNKER is a Podmasters Production.</strong><a href=\"https://www.instagram.com/bunker_pod/\"><strong> </strong></a></p><p> </p><p>Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href=\"https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices\">podcastchoices.com/adchoices</a></p>","author_name":"Podmasters"}