>>24489805
I think he's trying to do something similar to those right-wing authors who'd imagine Trump as being more philosophical or complex like they think Europeans are like, and market this to pseuds, rather than him being a creation of Fox News, WWE and trashy New York tabloids that escaped from that world and is now ordering bombing runs on Iran.

Also Maoism was very ascetic and there's nothing ascetic about Trumpism.

Before I forget, conservative "Jesus take the wheel" Evangelical Christian megachurches and frat boys. Party-hard conservatives. They have always existed but Trump has brought it out more:
https://youtu.be/kBKQL6f5sec