"charming" and "charismatic" are subjective so I absolutely think his cult followers find him to be those things. He's so fucking stupid and idk how it isn't obvious to every one.
He's perceived to be a lot of things, and that seems to be the problem. Those are usually also the people who think that vocabulary beyond an elementary level gives the impression of pretension. They want communications to be brief and simple, as if that makes them any more transparent.
I also think that anyone who finds him charismatic, at least from his recent public depiction, is emotionally-stunted. "Charisma," expressed as condescending, borderline (and sometimes entirely) hostile ranting is no more truly charismatic than the bully who takes it easy on the kids who pretend to be their friends. Realistically, a typical dictator or cult leader would have so much more true charisma than Trump, but his bullshit somehow sneaks past so many detectors. It's wild.
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u/statistician88 1d ago
"charming" and "charismatic" are subjective so I absolutely think his cult followers find him to be those things. He's so fucking stupid and idk how it isn't obvious to every one.