The Cult according to Lev Parnas

Center: Lev Parnas & Rudi Giuliani

"It was like being in a cult," said Lev Parnas in his interview with Rachel Maddow

https://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/watch/lev-parnas-on-maddow-everybody-was-in-the-loop-76876869606

"It's bad to say, and I keep saying it, but it was like being in a cult. When they say organized crime, I don't think Trump is organized. I think he's like a cult leader," said Parnas in the second half of his interview with Rachel Maddow.

He speaks from the inside looking out.  He spent months inside the Trump Hotel in Washington, D.C., barely leaving the premises.  He recognizes the phenomenon of which he was a part.

Jim Jones.  David Koresh.  Charlie Manson.  See this list of cult leaders in the 20th C. 

This president holds Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell in thrall, as well as 51 of the senators and 30-40% of the American public.

Cults eventually fall.  

See also:

"Maddow Posts 4.3 million Viewers..."

Transcript, Pt. 1

Transcript, Pt. 2

Newsweek report