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‘Under Trump the GOP Has Become a Cult’

Calvin Trillin

July 5, 2018

—The Boston Globe

So why do they maintain their loyalty Despite his lies, despite the fact that he Acts like a child instead of an adult? ’Cause it’s a cult.

Why would his people always cheer for him While he, in tweets that are profoundly dim, Just flails around for allies to insult? ’Cause it’s a cult.

His crude remarks imply we should unite To keep out anyone who isn’t white. That language tends to make his troops exult, ’Cause it’s a cult.

It seems impossible that they’re not seeing Their leader as a dreadful human being. But most of them don’t leave as a result, ’Cause it’s a cult.

Calvin TrillinCalvin Trillin is The Nation’s “deadline poet.”


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