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A lot of the self-proclaimed “alpha males” in today’s MAGA world aren’t leading anything. They’re following. Hard.
And not following in the way a soldier follows a chain of command with discipline and moral clarity. No—this is blind, sycophantic, almost adolescent worship of a man who wouldn’t return their loyalty if they were bleeding out on the side of the road.
You’ve seen the aesthetic. The selfie in the truck cab—sunglasses on, hat pulled low, a stoic expression that says “I mean business,” even though it’s a Tuesday and they’re sitting in a Wendy’s parking lot. Their social feeds are filled with the same hashtags, the same memes, the same angry rants about “the libs,” the same “Trump 2024” flags flapping behind their pickups like badges of masculinity. They probably have pronouns like come/take it.
But none of that is strength.
None of that is leadership.
That’s cosplay.
What passes for “alpha” in the Trump movement is little more than a caricature—loud, shallow, reactive. And all of it, let’s be honest, is built around following a single man: Donald J. Trump.
Trump posts, they repost.
Trump rants, they echo.
Trump lies, they defend.
He calls someone a traitor, and they fall over themselves to repeat it.
That's not dominance. That's dependence. That’s performative masculinity.
Adam Kinzinger
