In a bit of a departure for THE SO-CALLED PROPHET FROM PITTSBURGH, I'm crossposting an episode of my other podcast, FAILED STATE UPDATE about a cult leader you may have heard of named Donald Trump.

Mark Laxer is an author and former follower of the cult leader Frederick Philip Lenz. He broke away from Lenz some time ago, only to realize recently that Trump's base is going through the same process that he went through as a member of a destructive cult. Mark has written about this in two books: Take Me for a Ride: Coming of Age in a Destructive Cult (1993) and his latest, Rama Trauma Trump: I Left the Cult and Now Look What Happened.

Mark Laxer on Twitter: https://twitter.com/marklaxer

Read Rama Trauma Trump for free: https://www.ramatraumatrump.com/

Joseph L. Flatley website: https://www.lennyflatley.net

Joseph L. Flatley Twitter: https://twitter.com/lennyflatley

Failed State Update Newsletter: https://lennyflatley.substack.com

MUSIC: "(We Don't Need This) Fascist Groove Thang" and "Right Wing Pigeons" by the Dead Milkmen