Trump's use of hypnotic language

[Bernardo de La Paz]

38. Relaxation of the mental muscles, not the body.

Yes, he amps up people.

Hair and Herr do not and did not lull people to sleep or to passivity, but into an active trance-like state. It's got nothing to do with the "voodoo" straw man argument.

More like sufi trance states and EDM dance trance-like states and chanting trance states.

In the trance-like state he increases their tendency to suspend critical thinking.

He reinforces their belief system rooted in "there's one big problem" ("Mexicans" or "Muslims" -- related in their minds). Hence many or most of them say if he "builds the wall" they'll forgive everything else he might do against them (his followers -- and we know he renege on almost all his promises given half a chance).

Here's the dirty dozen RWA follower credos. Guess which ones he reinforces:

* Authoritarian submission
* Fear
* Self-righteousness
* Hostility
* Lack of critical thinking
* "Our biggest problem" thinking
* Compartmentalized thinking
* Double standards
* Feeling empowered in groups
* Dogmatism
* Ethnocentrism
* Prejudice