When his constituents look at cheetolini, they don’t see an old, demented man, but rather an illusion of everything they want to be: Bold, rich, uncompromising, unafraid to shout his bigotries.

So they overlay this perfect fantasy of what they imagine drumpf to be on top of his actual appearance.

This is why his jokes fall flat with others, not because others aren’t telling them right, but BECAUSE they do not have the same hero aura in regressive’s minds.

It is 100% a cult, in every way.