For so many irrational reasons, Trump is a CULT hero to many current and retired military.
I disagree
Their thinking is not skeptical and questioning, not irrational. They do not seek evidence of claims. From their world view they are behaving rationally. Duck Donald is a demogouge who wraps himself in the flag and tells people what they want to hear and scares them into believing lies that only he can solve. Maga belives him without questioning. Trump appeals to thier ID or primal instincts in Freudian terms .
History is replete with examples with Hitler the most obvious.
This phenomenon is seen with self help gurus. They tell people they have a problem they do not have then tells them only he has the solution to their non problem and they believe him.
Demogouges are male as they are confident caring father figures we can attach to. Same with fucking news casters BTW - Rush Limbaugh, Walter Cronkite etc. Cronkite is my favorite example. He was a newscaster because he had that caring father aura and that is the only reason. CBS knew they had a winner and he is still revered even though his newscasting sucked
Lies becomes social truths if enough believe them. IE without the feudal system society falls apart, without religion you go Hell, psychedelics have no value and make you crazy, homosexuality is a sin, the news we get is free and fair reporting, we should give a fuck about a sports team etc.
A lot of those lies only becomes lies in retrospect and we all are suspect to them while some like Duck Donald is a fucktard are obvious.
Here is one you believe without thinking: "there is a present , a
'now' that we all live in". Neil Degrasse Tyson gave a lecture at Meridian Hall where he explained it. It is our bias that believes we live in a now but there is no now. It has to do with the speed of light. We all got a box on our heads. Amazing is it not?
People want to have a father figure take over their lives that way they do not have to thinkand that is what Trump is to MAGA.
The rich elite know he is a fucktard but they think he will make them richer and they can control him like last time. They are wrong. They let greed
cloud their judgement