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Why do Trump supporters like Andrew and Tristan Tate?

Last Updated: 24.06.2025 01:57

Why do Trump supporters like Andrew and Tristan Tate?

Conservative speaker Jordan Peterson, another darling of the right, has previously denounced Andrew Tate as “a pimp and the lowest possible lifeform”. When men like Peterson and DeSantis go this hard after you, I find that telling — inviting the Tate brothers into your political movement is akin to asking Ted Bundy to be your college student daughter’s doctoral advisor.

The moment Andrew Tate fled Romania on bail, Florida governor Ron DeSantis announced he was launching a criminal investigation into both Andrew Tate as well as his brother Tristan Tate. DeSantis said Tate is “not welcome in his state”.

And sure, while Andrew Tate is popular with some young conservatives — just as he is popular with quite a few young men, regardless of political leanings — this does not mean the “old guard” of actual conservatives don’t seem him as a complete degenerate. Because the man is literally a pimp. That’s what he is. And it is hard to root for pimps, especially when they chain hookers to their bedposts and hold women captive, forcing them to create OnlyFans material and then flee the country that prosecutes them while still on house arrest awaiting trial…

I’m wondering about attachment and transference with the therapist and the idea of escape and fantasy? How much do you think your strong feelings, constant thoughts, desires to be with your therapist are a way to escape from your present life? I wonder if the transference serves another purpose than to show us our wounds and/or past experiences, but is a present coping strategy for managing what we don’t want to face (even if unconsciously) in the present—-current relationships, life circumstances, etc. Can anyone relate to this concept of escape in relation to their therapy relationship? How does this play out for you?