Videos, Articles, Interviews, and Media for The Cult of Trump

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Updated 9/13/2020

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Recent Media & Videos

NBCNews: Trump’s QAnon followers are a dangerous cult. How to save someone who’s been brainwashed. <https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/trump-s-qanon-followers-are-dangerous-cult-how-save-someone-ncna1239828>

Trump’s QAnon followers are a dangerous cult. How to save someone who’s been brainwashed. <https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/trump-s-qanon-followers-are-dangerous-cult-how-save-someone-ncna1239828> American Dignity PAC: Documentary Trailer <https://americandignitypac.com/documentary/>

Documentary Trailer <https://americandignitypac.com/documentary/> The Cult of Trump: Book Trailer <https://youtu.be/oDTRNoXCOUQ>

Book Trailer <https://youtu.be/oDTRNoXCOUQ> Forbes: How To Talk With—And Maybe Help—Someone Who Believes In QAnon And Other Conspiracy Theories <https://www.forbes.com/sites/lisettevoytko/2020/08/26/how-to-talk-with-and-maybe-help-someone-who-believes-in-qanon-and-other-conspiracy-theories/#3e4f047e412d>

How To Talk With—And Maybe Help—Someone Who Believes In QAnon And Other Conspiracy Theories <https://www.forbes.com/sites/lisettevoytko/2020/08/26/how-to-talk-with-and-maybe-help-someone-who-believes-in-qanon-and-other-conspiracy-theories/#3e4f047e412d> Medium, Interview with Sansu the Cat: “Cults,” Moonies, and Trump: Seven Questions for Steve Hassan <https://medium.com/seven-questions/cults-moonies-and-trump-seven-questions-for-steve-hassan-91d7c62fc8f1>

“Cults,” Moonies, and Trump: Seven Questions for Steve Hassan <https://medium.com/seven-questions/cults-moonies-and-trump-seven-questions-for-steve-hassan-91d7c62fc8f1> Oprah Magazine: The Warning Signs of a Dangerous Cult Can Sneak Up on You-An expert explains how to spot the red flags. <https://www.oprahmag.com/life/relationships-love/a33648485/signs-of-a-cult/>

The Warning Signs of a Dangerous Cult Can Sneak Up on You-An expert explains how to spot the red flags. <https://www.oprahmag.com/life/relationships-love/a33648485/signs-of-a-cult/> Interview with Mike Faith: The Cult of Trump – An Interview w/ Steven Hassan About Cults, Deprogramming, and Defining a Cult <https://youtu.be/_3fBht5ddAk>

The Cult of Trump – An Interview w/ Steven Hassan About Cults, Deprogramming, and Defining a Cult <https://youtu.be/_3fBht5ddAk> Psychology Today: Psychiatrist as Fly-On-The-Wall at Trump’s Axios Interview <https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-pacific-heart/202008/psychiatrist-fly-the-wall-trumps-axios-interview>

Psychiatrist as Fly-On-The-Wall at Trump’s Axios Interview <https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-pacific-heart/202008/psychiatrist-fly-the-wall-trumps-axios-interview> Rutland Herald: On Faith: Trumpism is a cult <https://www.rutlandherald.com/opinion/perspective/on-faith-trumpism-is-a-cult/article_2c043caa-2c1b-5b8f-b146-7a6f3d4e5f9d.html>

On Faith: Trumpism is a cult <https://www.rutlandherald.com/opinion/perspective/on-faith-trumpism-is-a-cult/article_2c043caa-2c1b-5b8f-b146-7a6f3d4e5f9d.html> MIT Technology Review: It’s too late to stop QAnon with fact checks and account bans <https://www.technologyreview.com/2020/07/26/1005609/qanon-facebook-twitter-youtuube/>

It’s too late to stop QAnon with fact checks and account bans <https://www.technologyreview.com/2020/07/26/1005609/qanon-facebook-twitter-youtuube/> Point of Inquiry: Steven Hassan On Breaking Down The Cult Of Trump <https://pointofinquiry.org/2020/07/steven-hassan-on-breaking-down-the-cult-of-trump/>

Steven Hassan On Breaking Down The Cult Of Trump <https://pointofinquiry.org/2020/07/steven-hassan-on-breaking-down-the-cult-of-trump/> The Art of Being Dar – with Dar Dixon: The Steven Hassan Experience <https://pod.co/the-art-of-being-dar/the-steven-hassan-experience>

The Steven Hassan Experience <https://pod.co/the-art-of-being-dar/the-steven-hassan-experience> What to Reid with Joy-Ann Reid: Featured Author – Steven Hassan “The Cult of Trump” <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wr5CwVXXCF0&feature=youtu.be>

Featured Author – Steven Hassan “The Cult of Trump” <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wr5CwVXXCF0&feature=youtu.be> Conspirituality Podcast: Episode 6-Grappling with the Cult of Trump (w/Steven Hassan)<https://conspirituality.net/conspiracy-theories/6-grappling-with-the-cult-of-trump-w-steven-hassan/> (my part starts at minute 37)

Episode 6-Grappling with the Cult of Trump (w/Steven Hassan)<https://conspirituality.net/conspiracy-theories/6-grappling-with-the-cult-of-trump-w-steven-hassan/> (my part starts at minute 37) Byline Times: Veneration of Donald Trump Is a ‘Personality Cult’ <https://bylinetimes.com/2020/06/18/veneration-of-donald-trump-is-a-personality-cult/>

Veneration of Donald Trump Is a ‘Personality Cult’ <https://bylinetimes.com/2020/06/18/veneration-of-donald-trump-is-a-personality-cult/> Stand Up! with Pete Dominick: 127 Steven Hassan, Eric Segall, Michelangelo Signorile <https://standupwithpete.libsyn.com/127-steven-hassan-eric-segall-michelangelo-signorile>

127 Steven Hassan, Eric Segall, Michelangelo Signorile <https://standupwithpete.libsyn.com/127-steven-hassan-eric-segall-michelangelo-signorile> Stand Up! with Pete Dominick: 113 SE Cupp and Cult Expert Steven Hassan <https://standupwithpete.libsyn.com/113-se-cupp-and-cult-expert-steven-hassan>

113 SE Cupp and Cult Expert Steven Hassan <https://standupwithpete.libsyn.com/113-se-cupp-and-cult-expert-steven-hassan> Today Extra, Australia TV: 6/09/2020 Interview with Steven Hassan <https://youtu.be/u5CyRBjPWI0>

6/09/2020 Interview with Steven Hassan <https://youtu.be/u5CyRBjPWI0> Washington Monthly: We Need to Speak Honestly About the GOP’s Evolution Into a Conspiracy Cult<https://washingtonmonthly.com/2020/05/23/we-need-to-speak-honestly-about-the-gops-evolution-into-a-conspiracy-cult>

We Need to Speak Honestly About the GOP’s Evolution Into a Conspiracy Cult<https://washingtonmonthly.com/2020/05/23/we-need-to-speak-honestly-about-the-gops-evolution-into-a-conspiracy-cult> TALES from the RABBIT HOLE, Mick West: Episode 44: Steven Hassan – Cults and Conspiracies <https://www.tftrh.com/2020/05/14/episode-44-steven-hassan-cults-and-conspiracies>

Episode 44: Steven Hassan – Cults and Conspiracies <https://www.tftrh.com/2020/05/14/episode-44-steven-hassan-cults-and-conspiracies> Mark Vicente: WTF IS ON MY MIND? – EPISODE 1: ABUSING OUR EXISTENTIAL CRISIS <https://www.markvicente.com/whistleblower/2020/5/3/wtf-is-on-my-mind-episode-1-abusing-our-existential-crisis>

WTF IS ON MY MIND? – EPISODE 1: ABUSING OUR EXISTENTIAL CRISIS <https://www.markvicente.com/whistleblower/2020/5/3/wtf-is-on-my-mind-episode-1-abusing-our-existential-crisis> Happymag.tv, Dan Shaw: Top End Girl, The Cult of Trump and more: Happy’s weekend reading <https://happymag.tv/top-end-girl-the-cult-of-trump-and-more-happys-weekend-reading>

Top End Girl, The Cult of Trump and more: Happy’s weekend reading <https://happymag.tv/top-end-girl-the-cult-of-trump-and-more-happys-weekend-reading> Crime Beat on ArtistFirst Radio with Ron Chepesiuk: April 30 – Steven Hassan, author of The Cult of Trump <http://media.artistfirst.com/ArtistFirst_Crime_Beat_2020-04-30_Steve_Hassan.mp3>

April 30 – Steven Hassan, author of The Cult of Trump <http://media.artistfirst.com/ArtistFirst_Crime_Beat_2020-04-30_Steve_Hassan.mp3> The Intellectualist: Cult Experts Warn That Trumpism Has Become A Death Cult Akin To Jim Jones <https://mavenroundtable.io/theintellectualist/news/cult-experts-warn-that-trumpism-has-become-a-death-cult-akin-to-jim-jones-YwPLQi2nDUOQR0HsaAIaFg>

Cult Experts Warn That Trumpism Has Become A Death Cult Akin To Jim Jones <https://mavenroundtable.io/theintellectualist/news/cult-experts-warn-that-trumpism-has-become-a-death-cult-akin-to-jim-jones-YwPLQi2nDUOQR0HsaAIaFg> Business Insider: Trump falsely claimed his ‘authority is total’ as president. An expert on cults says this assertion could be taken right out of the ‘cult leader playbook.’ <https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-coronavirus-total-authority-like-cult-leader-expert-2020-4>



Trump falsely claimed his ‘authority is total’ as president. An expert on cults says this assertion could be taken right out of the ‘cult leader playbook.’ <https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-coronavirus-total-authority-like-cult-leader-expert-2020-4> The Young Turks, The Damage Report: Trump sheeple in Michigan and other states have taken to the streets <https://tyt.com/watch/3wZhirkiJI5nAlouGaLSmm/episodes/5FoQ0T9LEUxPcXKny0oTKj> (Footage of Steve Hassan starts at 41:23)

Trump sheeple in Michigan and other states have taken to the streets <https://tyt.com/watch/3wZhirkiJI5nAlouGaLSmm/episodes/5FoQ0T9LEUxPcXKny0oTKj> (Footage of Steve Hassan starts at 41:23) Freedom of Mind YouTube Channel: Cult Expert Steven Hassan comments on Pastor Tony Spell’s edict to Come to Church during COVID-19 <https://youtu.be/CbK4zCyf9rA>

Cult Expert Steven Hassan comments on Pastor Tony Spell’s edict to Come to Church during COVID-19 <https://youtu.be/CbK4zCyf9rA> Freedom of Mind YouTube Channel: Trump Claims “Total Authority” at the COVID-19 Pandemic Briefing <https://youtu.be/uD1cjgcJN8Q>

Television Appearances

CNN, Reliable Sources with Brian Stelter: New book says there is a ‘cult of Trump’ <https://www.cnn.com/videos/business/2019/11/24/new-book-says-there-is-a-cult-of-trump.cnn> and 30-minute audio podcast with Stelter <https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/steven-hassan-explains-the-cult-of-trump/id466789756?i=1000457604135>

New book says there is a ‘cult of Trump’ <https://www.cnn.com/videos/business/2019/11/24/new-book-says-there-is-a-cult-of-trump.cnn> and 30-minute audio podcast with Stelter <https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/steven-hassan-explains-the-cult-of-trump/id466789756?i=1000457604135> WGBH, Greater Boston TV: Author Steven Hassan On Book ‘The Cult of Trump’ And How It Came To Be <https://www.wgbh.org/news/arts/2019/11/07/author-steven-hassan-on-book-the-cult-of-trump-and-how-it-came-to-be>

Author Steven Hassan On Book ‘The Cult of Trump’ And How It Came To Be <https://www.wgbh.org/news/arts/2019/11/07/author-steven-hassan-on-book-the-cult-of-trump-and-how-it-came-to-be> Today Extra, Australia TV: Interview with Author Steven Hassan: <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x12UfntuLyA&t=1s>

Articles

Mother Jones: Cult Experts Warn That Trumpism Is Starting to Look Awfully Familiar <https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2020/04/trump-death-cult/>

Cult Experts Warn That Trumpism Is Starting to Look Awfully Familiar <https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2020/04/trump-death-cult/> Salon, Raw Story: Cult expert Steven Hassan: Trump’s “mind control cult” now faces an existential crisis <https://www.salon.com/2020/04/07/cult-expert-steven-hassan-trumps-mind-control-cult-now-faces-an-existential-crisis/>

Cult expert Steven Hassan: Trump’s “mind control cult” now faces an existential crisis <https://www.salon.com/2020/04/07/cult-expert-steven-hassan-trumps-mind-control-cult-now-faces-an-existential-crisis/> Huffington Post: Trump’s Acquittal Shows The GOP Senate Acts Like A Cult <https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trumps-acquittal-proves-the-gop-senate-acts-like-a-cult_n_5e3dcf51c5b6f1f57f10f626>

Trump’s Acquittal Shows The GOP Senate Acts Like A Cult <https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trumps-acquittal-proves-the-gop-senate-acts-like-a-cult_n_5e3dcf51c5b6f1f57f10f626> Psychology Today: Is America Governed by a Cult? Several books suggest that President Trump is a cult leader. Is he really? <https://www.psychologytoday.com/gb/blog/moral-landscapes/202002/is-america-governed-cult>

Is America Governed by a Cult? Several books suggest that President Trump is a cult leader. Is he really? <https://www.psychologytoday.com/gb/blog/moral-landscapes/202002/is-america-governed-cult> EconoTimes: Lev Parnas and Michael Cohen say working for Trump is ‘cult-like,’ expert confirms comments <https://www.econotimes.com/Lev-Parnas-and-Michael-Cohen-say-working-for-Trump-is-cult-like-expert-confirms-comments-1572641>

Lev Parnas and Michael Cohen say working for Trump is ‘cult-like,’ expert confirms comments <https://www.econotimes.com/Lev-Parnas-and-Michael-Cohen-say-working-for-Trump-is-cult-like-expert-confirms-comments-1572641> Rawstory: A psychiatrist explains the disturbing truth about how Trump’s madness infected Alan Dershowitz <https://www.rawstory.com/2020/01/a-psychiatrist-explains-the-disturbing-truth-about-how-trumps-madness-infected-alan-dershowitz/>

A psychiatrist explains the disturbing truth about how Trump’s madness infected Alan Dershowitz <https://www.rawstory.com/2020/01/a-psychiatrist-explains-the-disturbing-truth-about-how-trumps-madness-infected-alan-dershowitz/> Business Insider: Lev Parnas and Michael Cohen are right to think working for Trump was like being in a cult, according to a cult expert <https://www.businessinsider.com/lev-parnas-michael-cohen-working-for-trump-like-cult-expert-2020-1>

Lev Parnas and Michael Cohen are right to think working for Trump was like being in a cult, according to a cult expert <https://www.businessinsider.com/lev-parnas-michael-cohen-working-for-trump-like-cult-expert-2020-1> Los Angeles Times, Virginia Heffernan: Column: Call Trumpism what it is: a cult <https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2020-01-10/donald-trump-cult-steven-hassan-moonie>

Column: Call Trumpism what it is: a cult <https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2020-01-10/donald-trump-cult-steven-hassan-moonie> Patheos, James Haught: Trump as Jim Jones? <https://www.patheos.com/blogs/daylightatheism/2019/12/trump-as-jim-jones/>

Trump as Jim Jones? <https://www.patheos.com/blogs/daylightatheism/2019/12/trump-as-jim-jones/> Cult Research, Jon Atack: RESPONSE TO BENJAMIN ZELLER’S ARTICLE: “THE CULT OF TRUMP? WHAT “CULT RHETORIC” ACTUALLY REVEALS” <http://cultresearch.org/response-what-cult-rhetoric-actually-reveals/>

RESPONSE TO BENJAMIN ZELLER’S ARTICLE: “THE CULT OF TRUMP? WHAT “CULT RHETORIC” ACTUALLY REVEALS” <http://cultresearch.org/response-what-cult-rhetoric-actually-reveals/> Psychology Today, Ravi Chandra M.D., D.F.A.P.A.: The Cult of Trump: A new book describes the cult of partisanship <https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-pacific-heart/201912/the-cult-trump>

The Cult of Trump: A new book describes the cult of partisanship <https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-pacific-heart/201912/the-cult-trump> VOX: Is Trumpism a cult? A new book from a former cult member makes the case. <https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2019/12/13/20992370/trump-republican-party-cult-steven-hassan>

Is Trumpism a cult? A new book from a former cult member makes the case. <https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2019/12/13/20992370/trump-republican-party-cult-steven-hassan> The Raw Story: Ex-cult member imagines terrifying end game to Trump’s presidency: ‘He might take everyone with him — like Jim Jones’ <https://www.rawstory.com/2019/10/ex-cult-member-imagines-terrifying-end-game-to-trumps-presidency-he-might-take-everyone-with-him-like-jim-jones/>

Ex-cult member imagines terrifying end game to Trump’s presidency: ‘He might take everyone with him — like Jim Jones’ <https://www.rawstory.com/2019/10/ex-cult-member-imagines-terrifying-end-game-to-trumps-presidency-he-might-take-everyone-with-him-like-jim-jones/> Daily Kos : Steve Hassan’s The Cult of Trump: A Leading Cult Expert Explains How the President Uses Mind Control <https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/10/22/1894061/-A-Must-Read-Steven-Hassan-s-The-Cult-of-Trump-A-Leading-Cult-Expert-Explains-How-the-President-Us>

: Steve Hassan’s The Cult of Trump: A Leading Cult Expert Explains How the President Uses Mind Control <https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/10/22/1894061/-A-Must-Read-Steven-Hassan-s-The-Cult-of-Trump-A-Leading-Cult-Expert-Explains-How-the-President-Us> Salon : Can members of the Trump cult be deprogrammed after the leader falls? Steven Hassan says yes <https://www.salon.com/2019/10/22/cam-members-of-the-trump-cult-be-deprogrammed-after-the-leader-falls-steven-hassan-says-yes>

: Can members of the Trump cult be deprogrammed after the leader falls? Steven Hassan says yes <https://www.salon.com/2019/10/22/cam-members-of-the-trump-cult-be-deprogrammed-after-the-leader-falls-steven-hassan-says-yes> Harper’s Bazaar : Why Is Anyone Still Supporting a Supervillain like Trump? <https://www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/politics/a29465615/trump-cult-leader>

: Why Is Anyone Still Supporting a Supervillain like Trump? <https://www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/politics/a29465615/trump-cult-leader> The Daily Beast : Take It From a Former Moonie: Trump Is a Cult Leader: It might seem an outrageous proposition to compare Donald Trump to a murderous cult leader. And yet there are alarming parallels. <https://www.thedailybeast.com/take-it-from-a-former-moonie-trump-is-a-cult-leader>

: Take It From a Former Moonie: Trump Is a Cult Leader: It might seem an outrageous proposition to compare Donald Trump to a murderous cult leader. And yet there are alarming parallels. <https://www.thedailybeast.com/take-it-from-a-former-moonie-trump-is-a-cult-leader> Daily Mail : Fake enemies, loaded language, grandiosity, belittling critics: Cults expert claims Donald Trump’s tactics are taken straight from playbook of Sun Myung Moon, David Koresh and Jim Jones <https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7552231/Trumps-tactics-taken-playbook-cult-leaders-like-Jim-Jones-David-Koresh-says-author.html>

: Fake enemies, loaded language, grandiosity, belittling critics: Cults expert claims Donald Trump’s tactics are taken straight from playbook of Sun Myung Moon, David Koresh and Jim Jones <https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7552231/Trumps-tactics-taken-playbook-cult-leaders-like-Jim-Jones-David-Koresh-says-author.html> Cambridge Chronicle : Cambridge On My Mind Column: The cult of the president <https://cambridge.wickedlocal.com/news/20191003/cambridge-on-my-mind-column-cult-of-president>

: Cambridge On My Mind Column: The cult of the president <https://cambridge.wickedlocal.com/news/20191003/cambridge-on-my-mind-column-cult-of-president> Medium: What Trump Has in Common With Cult Leaders <https://gen.medium.com/what-trump-has-in-common-with-cult-leaders-334c206a22f6>

Interviews

Book Events

Book Mentions

Psychiatric Times, H. Steven Moffic, MD: The Cult of Trump: A Leading Cult Expert Explains How the President Uses Mind Control <https://www.psychiatrictimes.com/film-and-book-reviews/cult-trump-leading-cult-expert-explains-how-president-uses-mind-control>

The Cult of Trump: A Leading Cult Expert Explains How the President Uses Mind Control <https://www.psychiatrictimes.com/film-and-book-reviews/cult-trump-leading-cult-expert-explains-how-president-uses-mind-control> Falls Church News Press, Nicholas F. Benton: Deprogramming the Cult of Trump <https://fcnp.com/2019/10/24/deprogramming-the-cult-of-trump/>

Deprogramming the Cult of Trump <https://fcnp.com/2019/10/24/deprogramming-the-cult-of-trump/> Random Lengths News: Random Letters — 10/24/19 <https://www.randomlengthsnews.com/2019/10/25/random-letters-10-24-19>

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