Yeah I think there is something to the tribalistic nature of humans in general, but at what point is it really a tribe.
Are humans naturally tribal? This article does an ok job at distilling what is a tribe, and why they are so attractive to people. But I think there comes a point where the tribal metaphor breaks down, especially with regards for the concept of any tribe that includes DJT shouldn’t also include the salt of the earth type people who voted for him.
That may seem weird, but tribes when I think of the evolutionary benefit they provided couldn’t have all been about one really strong person pulling around everyone else in the tribe upon will and ideas alone. It had to be about equal sharing of resources, capabilities, and ideals. Right now the DJT tribe is really about someone who managed to convince a whole bunch of people to put him into power. Maybe that IS the sharing of capabilities and resources, where the capability is shared messaging amongst the internet and resources amounts to votes. Use the cult of personality to get the leader elected who then can empower everyone in the tribe.
The whole tribal metaphor just makes me wonder how anyone who is dirt poor can possibly feel that they would be legitimately be part of the DJT tribe. IE, I don’t think too many people who voted for him have received an invitation to Mar A Lago. The tribe seems purely ephemeral. Maybe that’s enough in today’s society. The echo chamber is a sufficient replacement for a tribal community due to there not really being a life or death consequences of holding up your responsibilities to the tribe regarding resources and capabilities.