@AnarchoNinaWrites Gonna sound like a stuck up asshole here. I mean well. I really do. But...is there really any wonder? Like really really? There isn't much difference between trump and the christian church for a reason. Because he IS the christian church.
Hell, he's the very core principles of religion period. Like there's a reason fascism almost always also has religion on it's side. The similarities between manipulative tactics exist because they are the same tactics.
That whole us vs them thing was literally born out of religion for most of the human population. Instilled in people to one degree or another since people could understand language.
Trump works for so many because religion long ago laid the groundwork. That aggressive determined to stay ignorant bit? Is a feature not a bug. Convince a person to keep their eyes closed and they'll follow you anywhere kind of thing.