About the bigger picture, there do seem to be quite some fanatics among Trump supporters and the Q-Anon people specifically. While I am completely with you, this becomes politics though and thus can get heated very quickly.

I think the problem is more the use of the word cult. What does the word start to mean? Groups we don't like? Trump supporters would probably argue that Democrats are in a cult.

But what humans will pledge their loyalty to, give up their personal autonomy for and get worked up about to the point of violence is stunning. 

I don't think that Trump sets himself as a cult leader in the same way as someone like Rawat does though. It is more that he knows how to press certain buttons and people project onto him a solution to their fears and frustrations. But somehow too easy really to just call it a cult. People make choices.

I guess I have heard people saying that they felt duped by the movement around Trump, especially leading up to the Capital riots. Complicated.