Look, it's not breaking new ground at this point to suggest Donald Trump's base has cultish tendencies. But it's still amazing sometimes to hear the extent to which Trump's supporters will stick with the president no matter what. This morning on CNN's New Day, for example, one Trump-supporting panelist offered that if Jesus Christ told him Trump colluded with Russia, he'd still defer to the president on whether or not it was true. This would suggest he trusts the Word of Trump over the Word of God.

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Trump voter panelist: "If Jesus Christ gets down off the cross and told me Trump is with Russia, I would tell him, 'Hold on a second. I need to check with the President if it's true.'" pic.twitter.com/4f8bXkXzhY — New Day (@NewDay) November 20, 2017

Maybe the supporter thought this would be a catchy line for TV, but it's also completely bizarre and delusional. So is the notion that Trump is draining the swamp with his merry band of millionaires, like Steven Mnuchin, the Treasury Secretary:

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Mnuchin: 'I didn’t realize' viral dollar bill photo would go public https://t.co/bdCoTSpsMR pic.twitter.com/x6yzUnUmu8 — POLITICO (@politico) November 20, 2017

Mnuchin is just one of the many Goldman-Sachs Americans stalking the halls of the White House, looking out for The Little Guy at every turn. He just happened to run a foreclosure mill during the Great Recession—because he's for The Little Guy. His mass-reproduced signature on all those Treasury bills will be familiar to him, what with all the homes he's robo-signed away from people over the years. Now they're all backing the Republican tax plan, which seems to be a reimagining of Robin Hood where he wears a pinstripe suit and skips around Wall Street throwing out tax breaks to multinational corporations and wealthy heirs.

He's the People's President, after all. But Charlie Manson's death today ought to be a reminder that cults have consequences.

Jack Holmes Politics Editor Jack Holmes is the Politics Editor at Esquire, where he writes daily and edits the Politics Blog with Charles P Pierce.

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