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Al Franken has a podcast, and he and Nance talk for an hour, about trump and Russians largely. It's the first time I've heard someone describe the brainwashing of trump supporters and turning them into a blindly unquestioning cult as an intentional act, rather than just 'something that happened' as a mystery.
They get into that topic somewhat from a compliment for trump by Franken, when Franken says trump does have a real talent, that he saw things in how to manipulate the American people that Franken had not seen - I've made a similar comment.
Franken mentions watching the first trump-Hillary debate thinking trump was a disaster, and felt relieved it had wiped out trump's chances to win, and was surprised when many did not see it that way. They talk about the cult issues - as well as the Russian hacking and how Nance suspects trump is a longtime Russian asset.
Nance talks a bit about this grooming of a cult as longtime Russian procedure they'd developed for developing support from populations of nations they controlled. Franken refers to it as being 'completely tribal', gaining complete loyalty by telling 40% their tribe will win and be in power, the other 60% don't matter. It fits a lot of what we see from trump and his cult.
Intelligence Expert Malcolm Nance Makes the Convincing Case that Trump is a Russian Asset – AlFranken.com
They get into that topic somewhat from a compliment for trump by Franken, when Franken says trump does have a real talent, that he saw things in how to manipulate the American people that Franken had not seen - I've made a similar comment.
Franken mentions watching the first trump-Hillary debate thinking trump was a disaster, and felt relieved it had wiped out trump's chances to win, and was surprised when many did not see it that way. They talk about the cult issues - as well as the Russian hacking and how Nance suspects trump is a longtime Russian asset.
Nance talks a bit about this grooming of a cult as longtime Russian procedure they'd developed for developing support from populations of nations they controlled. Franken refers to it as being 'completely tribal', gaining complete loyalty by telling 40% their tribe will win and be in power, the other 60% don't matter. It fits a lot of what we see from trump and his cult.
Intelligence Expert Malcolm Nance Makes the Convincing Case that Trump is a Russian Asset – AlFranken.com