There's a lot of relevantly expert people, and just many millions of people in general, who notice a very strong trait of "projection"* among typical "right wing" discourse.
While shared by all humans, there is also no shortage of enormous levels of hypocrisy and resulting irony.
To that point, I get a real laugh out of maga minded types who love to use the braindead "TDS" thing like they it's some sort of witty slam.
It's really just moronic and lame, but also ironic.
If anyone, or group, are taking positions on trump that truly scream "deranged" thinking it's his supporters.
Even most of the pre-trump gop elected officials, and shakers and movers, seem to think most of the new wave of maga office holders are pretty regrettable in numerous ways.
But they have succumbed to the reality that this is the bulk of their base.
*There's been a lot of well executed work done on exploring common cognitive (which includes everything from "inward" philosophical, moral, and ethical constructs, to more concrete, pragmatic, operational constructs) and behavioral (actual "outward" actions taken and expression of thoughts/traits) in terms of how they manifest in people who strongly self-identify as politically conservative or liberal.
It is a much more studied field, for a much longer time, than many people might think.
It's pretty interesting stuff. A lot of experts in the field tend to not want to discuss it with laypeople.
But many high level players in the political arena pay serious attention to such work where "political science" overlaps with cognitive behavioral science.
A broad definition of a sub-genre of such stuff would be "Narrative Theory", which is a popular area for actual political candidates and partisan media leaders
Humorously, to me, Steve Bannon considers himself an expert on that aspect and claims credit for creating the current "politician form" of trump by exposing trump to the (genuine) power of skillfully creating and "selling" narratives.
Narratives (telling a story) don't have to be based on facts or "reality", but can be more "just made up" to paint a picture that appeals to people emotionally at deep levels in their consciousness.
Then you can more easily manipulate them if you're skillful enough. He's not wrong.
