About 15 years ago I attended a county fair during which time a magician hypnotized members of the public. One young man was a 17 year old 'cool dude' and 'big man on campus' about two months from graduation. When he displayed bizarre behavior per the hypnotist's instructions, I was skeptical and said so to my young teenaged friends. Their eyes were wide with shock as they stammered, 'No...no...THAT GUY would NEVER do anything to embarrass himself. Not like THAT!'
By 'THAT' they were referring to the young man's compliance when told he was holding a very hungry crying baby (actually a baby doll), and that he should nurse it. The young man looked around and slipped the doll under his shirt, pressing it to his nipple, all the while looking around furtively. Hundreds of people in the audience watched him do this, but per hypnosis, he believed he could do this cautiously and unobserved. I can't imagine what the rest of his senior year in High School was like.
He was engaging in compassionate behavior. The instruction to feed a starving child did not conflict with his core principles; if it had, he could refuse the hypnotic suggestion. At least that's what psychologiss say - that you cannot be hypnotized to do something against your core principles. (However, those psychologists likely don't keep up with the deep state.)
Too heavily drugged and you can't drive a car. Hypnotized, you can have instructions or a belief(s) inserted into your mind and then the hypnotist releases the patient back to normal awareness. They can drive a car but they may find themselves performing an errand without realizing the instruction to do so came from elsewhere.
Subtle drugs can increase succeptibility to enterring a hypnotic state. Someone could meet him in a coffee shop, offer to pick up the drinks from the counter (insert drugs). Sit there talking while the target is drugged to become receptive. Then, the 'quiet discussion' the men appear to be having is the hypotist downloading beliefs and instructions. The perp then ends the hypnotic session and the two men have the usual chat, and at the end, agree to meet next week to catch up on things. Rinse and repeat.
If the hypnotist only wants once instruction followed for a single occaision, there's no need to repeat. But otherwise, to maintain those hypnotic suggestions, the hypnotist must use reinforcing techniques. That might mean repeat coffee house hypnosis sessions.
Commonly, the hypnotist will attach reinforcement to something they already often say or do (a word they often say, sneezing or smoking a cigarette). When hypnotized, the target is told by the hypnotist something like, 'Everytime I say the word 'Trump' the instructions I've given you grow stronger and stronger.' I only heard it said of the hypnotist, but wouldn't it be likely for them to attach it, if they can, to media broadcasts, "Everytime you hear anyone say the word 'Trump'....
Hypnosis includes the instruction to forget the hypnosis session occurred, to look forward to meeting with the hypnotist next time, what a great and trustworthy guy the hypnotist is etc. During hypnosis, the perp can ask the target about secrets or opinions he would otherwise not share. The drug leaves no taste or impression - the target never knew anything other than 'Coffee with Trevor' ever happened.
I have wondered if this is ever why sometimes Trump loyalists so abruptly reverse course. I know the Deep State functions with threats, but we know the CIA also has a cornucopia of mind altering drugs and techniques. Later, if the person comes out of it, they will likely hold themselves to be responsible for devastating decisions, because who else would they blame? That must destroy trust in self.
I wonder if this is how the 'woke mind virus' Elon Musk referred to is sometimes 'installed' in high profile targes to give a psyop high profile 'leaders' for others to follow.