Laurel's Reviews > The Cult of Trump: A Leading Cult Expert Explains How the President Uses Mind Control

I'm almost done with this so I'll write my review.

My only complaint would be that it's very non-friendly toward conservatives. I am a liberal, but I already bought this for my Mom (who is very religious and in an echochamber on Facebook), and I worry that she'll be triggered and suspicious as she reads it. I don't care if she's conservative but I want her to see that Trump is actually using people like her and using tactics similar to cults and narcissists to influence and control people. He wants to be a dictator, which is something she doesn't believe in. I think this book is really important for her to read, but he gets a lot into conservative media and groups in general. ... I suppose it's all relevant to Trump though.

I still think it's a 5-star book. It's fantastic at giving examples of how his leadership and personality can be compared with many cult leaders. I'm a former cult member from a church with a founder who had similar behavior and tendencies to lie, be promiscuous, and build unethical and illegal businesses. This stuff is not unique to Trump, and not unique to religion. Cults, movements, and unhealthy followings are happening in every corner of the world. There many techniques that are intentionally being used to influence people. It's no miracle, and it's no accident.

He has lied, cheated, bullied, and he doesn't embrace ANY Christian attributes, which is why it's so obvious that he's brainwashing people.

I really hope that a lot of people will read this book. You'll learn a lot about cults as well, which is good protection against mind control even outside the context of politics.