Trump's Speech Wasn't the Story: The Psychology of Propaganda

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Trump’s Speech Wasn’t the Story | The Psychology of Propaganda

Momocracy

Why can millions of people hear the exact same political speech and come away believing completely different realities?

In this episode of Momocracy, psychologist Oleksandra Chorna explores the psychology behind propaganda—not as a partisan attack, but as a universal psychological phenomenon.

Using President Trump’s recent speech as a starting point, we examine how fear, repetition, identity, emotion, and cognitive biases influence the way all of us process political messages.

This isn’t about whether you support Donald Trump or oppose him.

It’s about understanding how persuasion works—and why recognizing these psychological mechanisms may be one of the most important skills in modern democracy.

In this video we discuss:

✔️ What propaganda really is (and why it doesn’t have to be false)

✔️ The Illusory Truth Effect

✔️ Fear as a psychological tool

✔️ Repetition and persuasion

✔️ “Us vs. Them” thinking

✔️ Social Identity Theory

✔️ Cognitive biases in politics

✔️ Why intelligent people are vulnerable to propaganda

✔️ How to become a more critical thinker

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