President Donald Trump's supporters are in a political cult, explained a former Republican congressman. But they can be deprogrammed. Interviewing filmmaker Mark Vicente about his upcoming documentary "The Narcissist's Playbook" — which is described on IMDB as studying "four self-aware malignant narcissists" as they reveal "their manipulation methods, victim accounts, and expert analysis of narcissistic abuse patterns" — former Rep. Joe Walsh of Illinois argued on his Substack that Trump supporters can be gradually eased out of their cult-like behavior. Do you think that President Trump's most extreme supporters are in a political cult of personality?

"I often hear from people I engage with, in this case, Trump supporters, when they are able to see the truth and get out of that, so many of them, Mark, will ask me, 'Joe, why the f—— didn't I see what was going on?'" Walsh told Vicente. "How did I not see what he was doing?" Vicente replied that former cult members can be soothed if you remind them of the positive values that led them to join the cult in the first place. These, Vicente argued, can be preserved even after one leaves the cult itself. Do you think that Trump's cult members can be brought back to reality and see Trump for what he really is and does?

The cult member/s must first be led to the realization they have been duped. Earlier in the conversation, Walsh explained how he has accomplished this with the many Trump supporters in his life. "Just an anecdote: As I talk to people in the political world who love Trump, I find that I'm best able to help them see the light bulb and see the truth when I put nuggets in truth in front of them repeatedly and they realize they've been lied to," Walsh explained. Do you think Trump's extreme supporters always respond TDS to verifiable, negative truths about Trump because they are his cultists who believe everything Trump tells them to?

"I thought you wanted him to end wars all over the world," Walsh wrote on his Substack. "You said you wanted him to end American entanglement in conflicts and wars around the world. America shouldn't be involved in these wars, you said. That's why you're voting for Trump, you said." Then, despite Trump's actions against Denmark, Venezuela and Iran, they still support him. He added, "And you don't like when people call you a cult, Trump voters? What else are people to think when you voted for Trump to get us the hell out of wars around the world, and instead he gets us involved in wars around the world and starts new wars, and you still sing his praises and support him? What are we to think, MAGA, but that you are a cult?" Do you agree with Joe Walsh's reasoning that Trump's cultists can be deprogrammed and rejoin the rest of Americans in reality that use rationale thought and verifiable facts?