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at 7 p.m. The vibe is shifting again, I think. I've been calling that Trump

Devotion syndrome, but and that did exist from like the beginning.

So I think they're the opposite sides of the same coin.

He's a cult of personality.

This, I think, is what happens with the cult of personality, is that you either worship them or you loathe them.

Even though Trump is telling people that tariffs are good for them,

they know tariffs are taxed, you know, they're not, they know that it's being passed down to

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