CNN’s Stelter to Guest Arguing Trump’s a Cult Leader: ‘What’s the First Step of De-Programming?’

EXCERPT:

STELTER: "So finally, the first step, if you say this is a cult, what’s the first step of deprogramming?"

HASSAN: "The first step with anyone who’s a true believer is contact with people that are outside the bubble. Cult leaders want to isolate their people. They want — they want family and friends to just disappear rather than keep engaged. Hey, did you read this article? What do you think of it. You know, I’ll watch one of your shows, watch one of my shows. In other words, appealing to the person’s true self, their authentic self, that wants to be a good person, that wants — that believes in America and democracy and truth."