A demagogue is motivated by ego and self-interest.

A demagogue amplifies prejudices and fears, whipping up a fury of hatred to distract from their lack of reasoned argument or considered thought.

A demagogue makes hollow promises. To return a nation to a fantasy state of greatness that never existed. To solve everyone’s problems.

A demagogue offers no evidence to support the promises they make.

A demagogue is not interested in the future and prosperity of the nation they wish to command, only in their own power.

A demagogue questions and undermines the validity of the democratic process, claiming it to be rigged against them.

A demagogue is a bully.

A demagogue is a narcissist, prone to comically exaggerated acts of vanity.

A demagogue is often a sexual predator, abusing their power to satisfy their lust.

A demagogue has no interest in facts or truth, lying easily and freely to meet their desires.

A demagogue preys upon divisiveness: they declare some ethnic or social group to be the enemy, and insist we rise together against them.

A demagogue has no regard for the vulnerable in society. They are to be derided, rather than cared for.

A demagogue is hot tempered and irrational, prone to capricious violent outbursts triggered by the slightest puncture of their gossamer-thin skin.

A demagogue uses any means to suppress their opponents, threatening to lock them up, and then, once in power, making them physically disappear.

A demagogue suppresses any voice that dare speak out against them. The free press is an early target: a demagogue undermines the credibility of the press during their rise to power, and then censors the press once they have seized power.

A demagogue is consumed by ambition, insatiable like the thirst of a rabid dog.

A demagogue is ultimately insecure, with serious psychological issues. Emotionally unwell. Unstable.

A demagogue is a threat to their own nation.

The more powerful the nation, the greater the threat to the entire planet.