Ruth Ben-Ghiat on Trump's blasphemous bible-peddling scam:

"The more his crimes come to light, the more he must surround himself with a halo of purity. It is one of the oldest authoritarian scams, and a mainstay of personality cults."

But these scams work only because there are large numbers of people willing to be scammed when strongmen promise that they can hurt their enemies.

#Trump #bibles #authoritarianism #FalsePiety #blasphemy #WeaponizedReligion

https://lucid.substack.com/p/trumps-greatest-success-his-personality

I imagine we’re going to see a whole closet full of skeletons fall out in the coming months.

Even his wife didn’t show up for his ceremony.

#SOTH #falsepiety