“He’s A Deomonic Force. A Destroyer.”
– Tucker Carlson, in a private text message regarding Trump
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“What the Devil Explains Trump?”
“...I do think it is the only way to explain Trump’s grip on people.”
SUMMARY: The author describes Trump’s grip on his followers as a demonic power. “Am I saying Trump is Satan? No. I am, however, saying that Satan or a trans-personal force of evil, if you prefer, is operative here and has taken us captive.” Written by Anthony B. Robinson and appeared on Post Alley | Seattle.
“The dangerous psychology of Donald Trump”
“The last four years provide a roadmap that shows how the personal and the political can combine to disastrous effect.”
SUMMARY: This article is a deep dive into ‘inner demons’ such as narcissism, paranoia, and psychopathy. “Politicians who live in an angry narcissistic fog pose a clear threat to democracy and peace, and Donald Trump is a classic illustration of what this means in practice.” Written by Ian Hughes and featured on Open Democracy.
“For this Reformed Christian, Trump is an antichrist. Let me tell you why.”
“The former president has promoted and basked in a personality cult, expecting total fealty in word and deed from his followers...”
SUMMARY: Mr. de Boer gives an explanation of the Trump phenomenon in religious terms, specifically referring to the work known as Revelation to John, the last book of the Christian Bible. “The beastly figure of Revelation 13 is commonly known in Christian tradition as an antichrist, which is someone who puts himself in Christ’s place...” Written by Martin de Boer and published on the Reformed Journal website.
“Devil, Demon, or Antichrist?”
“As Donald Trump first ran for the White House, I started wondering whether he was the antichrist. How else to explain the rapturous support of this most flagrant pagan...”
SUMMARY: An interesting religious and historical analysis of Trump and Trumpism. “When it comes to lying, the Bible actually has quite a bit to say, much more than a few allusions to antichrist, and its words can be pointed indeed. Take Jesus’, for instance: the devil ‘is a liar and the father of lies.’ (John 8:44) Making Donald Trump today’s poster child for son of Satan?” Written by James Bratt and featured on the Reformed Journal website.”
“Dostoevsky, Demons, and The Donald”
“It’s never a good sign when real life resembles a Dostoevsky novel.”
SUMMARY: Professor Ani Kokobobo draws parallels – some sinister – between Dostoevsky’s novel ‘Demons’ and US politics. “The notorious Trump campaign motto, ‘Make America Great Again,’ might be phrased as a positive endeavor, but in many respects it is its own form of creative destruction – it means undoing the current state of affairs, in order to recreate a nostalgia-tinged version of past America.” This essay appeared on the NYU | ARTS & SCIENCES Jordan Center website.
“New Research Suggests That Belief in Demons May Help Explain Christian Support of Trump”
SUMMARY: This article, written by Robert Repino and appearing on the site Religion Dispatches, interprets the current religious/political situation in light of an earlier Christian horror novel. “For the uninitiated, ‘This Present Darkness,’ is a horror novel by Frank Peretti published in 1986, at the height of the Satanic Panic, whose paranoid themes are depressingly familiar almost 40 years later.”