Could Trump be Bullying his Followers?

I have a friend who was pondering my suggestion that when there is “the bully and the brain freeze,” there can be the threat of harming those same followers under certain conditions. As such, there would be a fear, at times even unconscious, of humiliation. This is part of what can happen when large or small groups of people follow a magnetic leader at all costs.

It can go like this: The so-called bully insults or threatens the victim through wounding that echoes an earlier wound. The wounding gets heightened, and there we have it: the victim is deprived of…