Well, my theory is it’s the same thing that makes people get into angry fights defending their sports team. They want to be associated with a “winner”. People vicariously feel good when they are connected to someone who is strong and powerful and winning. It probably is a survival instinct. It is more strongly motivational for his pack than for others because he knows how to draw out and amplify those animal instincts. He hasn’t “convinced” them; he has motivated them and made it ok to act like an animal. I would bet that if something happened where Trump were suddenly seen as a big loser by his pack, they would flee.
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