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KamikazePotato posted...

That's because to you, charisma=well spoken while making a strong point in a non-aggressive manner.

I think you can be charismatic in an aggressive manner! I'll grant you I think Obama is charismatic just because his oratory skills were and are next-level.

KamikazePotato posted...

But just because Trump's charisma isn't FOR YOU, doesn't mean he isn't charismatic.

I mean, I'm open to this idea but I'm trying to drill down on what makes people say this other than post-facto statements like "look at the cult of personality!" My explanation is that he told them what they had primed to want to hear over decades without the usual dogwhistles combined with a lack of shame allowing him to never back down from things other politicians would have apologized for. He was basically saying the crazy shit you'd hear at Thanksgiving and unlike others who'd backtrack or apologize if they were seen as going too far, he'd double down. That was unique in the political sphere at the time and his followers could see that as a defense of their own crazy views they hadn't really seen from a politician before but I don't equate that with charisma. That's all.