Article in the New Republic by Greg Sargens, 5/12/25
Headline: “Trump Press Sec’s Fawning Over Him to Media Takes Scary, Cultlike Turn”
Subhead: “As Karoline Leavitt goes full North Korea in her obsequious praise for Trump, a sharp observer of Trumpism explains what all this says about the “MAGA aesthetic” and its likeness to authoritarian propaganda.”
“In her most recent media briefing, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt went full North Korea with a number of worshipful monologues about Trump. Yet at around the same time, another journalist’s criticism of Trump caused him to explode in a wild, triggered fury that undercut the image Leavitt tried to project of a leader who is strong, calm, and in command of events. . .”
Read the story at:
https://newrepublic.com/article/195103/trump-press-sec-fawning-media-takes-scary-cultlike-turn