earthbeingx<p>Is <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Trumpism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trumpism</span></a> a <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/political" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>political</span></a> movement? Or is it more useful to think of it as a mystical offshoot of <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/American" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>American</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Christianity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Christianity</span></a>?<br><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/OpenDemocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenDemocracy</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/JeffSharlet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JeffSharlet</span></a> (<a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/author" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>author</span></a> of The Undertow: Scenes from a Slow Civil War) discuss this. See links to podcast ⤵️</p><p><a href="https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/podcasts/in-solidarity-podcast/jeff-sharlet-donald-trump-trumpism-religion/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">opendemocracy.net/en/podcasts/</span><span class="invisible">in-solidarity-podcast/jeff-sharlet-donald-trump-trumpism-religion/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/5udBkbPTGyMDXy4skZN5GF" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">open.spotify.com/episode/5udBk</span><span class="invisible">bPTGyMDXy4skZN5GF</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/theundertow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>theundertow</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/donaldtrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>donaldtrump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/politicalmovement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politicalmovement</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/religion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>religion</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/americanchristianity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>americanchristianity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/americanpolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>americanpolitics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/ukpolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ukpolitics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/britishpolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>britishpolitics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/socioeconomics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>socioeconomics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/worldpolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>worldpolitics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/government" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>government</span></a></p>