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Misdiagnosing Donald: Trumpism is Religion not Politics

Jeff Sharlet on the misunderstanding of how to categorise Donald Trump.

Misdiagnosing Donald: Trumpism is Religion not Politics
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Have we all been looking at Donald Trump’s success in the wrong way? Jeff Sharlet, journalist and author of The Undertow: Scenes from a Slow Civil War, makes a compelling case for examining his rise not as a political figure, but as a religious one. After all, Trump himself would surely be the first to suggest that he is divine.

Do the president’s most ardent supporters truly believe that he is an ‘imperfect vessel’ chosen by God? Join us as we discuss.