Trump Cult

Former president made almost 21 untrue statements a day while in office, analysis suggests

One of The Washington Post's 10 Best Books of 2022 The disturbing eyewitness account of how a new breed of Republicans--led by Marjorie Taylor Greene, Paul Gosar, Matt Gaetz, Lauren Boebert, and Madison Cawthorn--far from moving on from Trump, have taken the politics of hysteria to even greater extremes and brought American democracy to the edge The violent insurrection at the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021, was a terrible day for American democracy, but many people dared to hope that at least it would break the fever that had overcome the Republican Party and banish Trump's relentless lies about the stealing of the 2020 election. That is not what happened. Instead, "the big steal" has become dogma among an ever-higher percentage of American Republicans. What happened to the Republican Party, and America, during the Trump presidency is a story we more or less think we know. What has happened to the party since, it turns out, is even more disquieting. That is the story Robert Draper tells in Weapons of Mass Delusion. Through his extraordinarily intrepid cross-country reporting, Draper chronicles the road from January 6 to the 2022 midterms among the Republican base and in the U.S. Congress, rendering unforgettable portraits of how Marjorie Taylor Greene and her ilk came to shape their party's terms of engagement to an extent that would have been unimaginable even five years ago. He also brings to life the efforts of a dwindling group of Republicans who are willing to push back against the falsehoods, in the face of a group of ascendent demagogues who are merrily weaponizing them. With a base whipped up into a perpetual frenzy of outrage by conspiracy theories--not just about the big steal but about COVID and vaccines, pedophilia and Antifa and Black Lives Matter and George Soros and President Obama, and on and on and on--the forces of reason within the GOP are on the defensive, to put it mildly. The book also benefits greatly from reporting conducted in Texas, Arizona, Georgia, New Hampshire, and other bellwether states in the country of the mind one might call a fever of undending conspiracies. Robert Draper has been a wise, fearless, and fair-minded chronicler of the American political scene for over twenty-five years. He has seen the good, the bad, and the ugly. He has never seen it this ugly. Ultimately, this book tells the story of a fearful test of our ability, as a country, to hold together a system of government grounded in truth and the rule of law. Written on the eve of the 2022 midterm elections, Draper's account of a party teetering on the precipice of madness reveals how the GOP fringe became its center of gravity.

The magnate’s biographer explains the spiritual guide behind his relentless self-confidence.

It’s a test — and a source — of loyalty.

ed by a host of ”unknown others” in the militia movements of rural America.

President Donald Trump's last job approval rating is a personal low 34%. He averaged 41% job approval in office, a record low by four points.

Republican lawmakers raised objections to the official certification of electoral votes in a joint session of Congress that went into the wee hours of Thursday morning, in a futile effort to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election. See who supported the objections.

Donald Trump is not a man apart. He is, instead, merely one of us writ large.

Do you approve or disapprove of the way Donald Trump is handling his job as president?

This is a tough column to write, because I don’t want to demean or insult those who write me in good faith. I’ve started it a half dozen times since November but turned to other topics each time because this needle hard to thread.

Mental Health Experts Say the Hour-Long Exchange Shows Trump is 'Irrational, Unstable and Dangerous'

"Most all of us are contemplating leaving," one House Republican said.

The Republican Party's transformation is apparent at any Donald Trump rally: The crowd is filled with working-class voters, many without college degrees, who are in lockstep with him on issues where he has overhauled the party's platform, from immigration to trade to foreign policy.

New research argues feelings of disillusionment prompt people to take more extreme positions.

Alex Jones earned his spot in Donald Trump's basket of deplorables by being the king of the conspiracy theorists

The percentage of people affiliated with the Republican Party has declined in recent years, per polling firm Gallup.

The former president’s hold on a portion of voters is already having a deep impact on the race.

MAGA is anti-democratic and even, as January 6 showed, violent. But they don't quite see Trump as a god worth dying for

Populism is a range of political stances that emphasize the idea of "the people" and often juxtapose this group with "the elite". It is frequently associated with anti-establishment and anti-political sentiment. The term developed in the late 19th century and has been applied to various politicians, parties and movements since that time, often as a pejorative. Within political science and other social sciences, several different definitions of populism have been employed, with some scholars proposing that the term be rejected altogether.

The ‘populist phenomenon’ has received a lot of attention in recent years. Yet little is known about the populists themselves: who are they? They are often described as bad-mannered provocateurs di...

Just 24% of Americans surveyed have positive views of the Make America Great Again movement in a new national NBC News poll.

"Trump got his supporters to attack the government once," watchdog group warns. "He's going to try to do it again."

In his column for the Daily Beast, conservative writer Matt Lewis lamented the decline of the Republican Party dating back to the rise of Donald Trump by claiming the GOP has become obsessed with trying to elevate celebrity candidates whose only qualification for political office is being famous.Tha...

I get the appeal of having “outsiders” come in and “shake up the system.” But MAGA candidates are proving the folly of the know-nothing candidate.

The new single, “Justice for All,” featuring former President Donald Trump and the J6 Prison Choir, reached number one on iTunes' top songs.

And Republicans are playing down the rough public polling.

Fox News Power Rankings expect Republicans to win the House with 220-248 seats. The number of seats depends on how many toss-up districts are won by each party.

He’s presiding over a movement, not a party.