I really thought when Obama was president he was going to remain the most cult-like figure of American politics of my lifetime. Yet as early as 2016 - of course - I was proven to be 100% wrong. Obama merely had a rock star level of popularity. But it was clear to me after Trump's inauguration in 2017 that he wasn't a politician in the mind of his base. He had become a cult leader to millions. And over time - his hold on them as only gotten stronger.

Before Trump - a wacko with a flag on a pier during a storm that could injure him or kill him and send his body out to sea would have only appeared in The Onion or in a meme like a guy with a shotgun who's gonna shoot at the hurricane. Yet he we are and it's real. I wonder what happened to the guy. Is he on land and in a safer situation? Or did he fall into the drink perhaps never to be seen again?