Because when people are being manipulated by corrupt politicians, it’s dangerous to the entire country.
Fully agree - and exactly what lefty&Libs have been doing since the 70'ies. Taking advantage of corrupt and self-centered politicians amongst the mainstream parties.
However you need to realize that Trump doesn't manipulate his voters. He has got no idea's or any political clue by himself - he simply parrots the existing anger and frustration of a certain voter clientele. Due to being a known public figure - he gets lots of media attention, thus setting himself as being the singular public-voice - of ALL those angered and frustrated people.
Therefore if one attacks Trump, one automatically attacks ALL those with existing anger and frustration - nothing to do with a member-cult really. But he the human scumbag having made himself a cult figure. He personally doesn't really give a shit about MAGA's or anyone of those angered and frustrated voters belonging to whatever political group.
As such he is absolutely in no need to manipulate his voter-clientele, also he is far too stupid to do so - All he does, is to lie his ass off every minute - telling those angered and frustrated voters, that HE can and will change all that. Since he didn't do (he also doesn't know as to how to do) anything about it in his 4 year tenure - he retained this angered and frustrated voter pool, hoping to give him another 4 years of playing Golf and doing nothing.
In order to save himself the trouble of a reelection in 2024, due to the election result in 2020- he simply lied his ass off, about the election having been stolen from him - that is not manipulation - it's just right out dumb lying.
Manipulation would have been to burn down the Capitol - lay "conclusive evidence" and then blame it onto some democrats or Left&Libs. see "Reichstagsbrand". Imagine Hitler having been so dumb as to having used his SA troopers to storm the Reichstag, to bend an election result.

