• zildjiandrummer1@lemmy.world
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      3 days ago

      Not Trump himself, he’s just the populist leader, to grab public support for whatever ghoulish thing the regime is doing at the time. The strategy is coming from Bannon, Stephen Miller, Howard Lutnick, Russ Vought (P2025 architect and OMB Director), Kevin Roberts (Heritage Foundation president), and a few others.

        • ReallyActuallyFrankenstein@lemmynsfw.com
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          2 days ago

          It was honestly just loose wording to refer to Trump’s administration - I agree it’s Stephen Miller and Bannon who are consciously acting “systematically.”

          That said, Trump is a once-in-a-generation exemplar of sociopathic narcissism, and the techniques used track nicely to limit-pushing narcissistic manipulation, constantly gaslighting to control reality of his victims (I.e. everyone?). So I’d argue Trump is unconsciously systematic in his approach.