Trump’s Relentless Self-Promotion Fosters an American Cult of Personality

Trump’s relentless self-promotion fosters an American cult of personality

Mr Trump wants to be seen as superlative in every way – and flawed in no way. Read more at straitstimes.com.

New York Times Front Page 'Analysis' Condemns Trump’s ‘Cult of Personality': Obama Who?

A 3,000-word “news analysis” by New York Times chief White House correspondent Peter Baker on Trump’s supposed cult of personality was headlined cheekily: “A Superman, Jedi and Pope -- Trump’s Relentless Bid to Mythologize Himself.”

‘The U.S. is now Trumpistan’: Prof. Stanley on Trump’s cult of personality

Donald Trump is walking in the footsteps of past autocrats by naming government buildings and initiatives after himself. Jason Stanley says Trump’s “self-aggrandizing” actions turn the United States into a “cheap vehicle” for his family.

Trump's cult of personality

Peter Baker, known for his leading role at the New York Times in nurturing the cult of Both Sides, doesn’t pull any punches in this essay (gift link) on Donald Trump’s increasingly brazen cult of personality: The racist online video that President Trump recently shared and then deleted generated a bipartisan furor because of its portrayal of Barack and Michelle Obama as apes. What was little remarked on was how it presented Mr. Trump himself — …

Trump's Relentless Self-Promotion Fosters an American Cult of Personality

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