I agree that saying “Trump is MAGA and MAGA is Trump” suggests an unhealthy dependency on the man.
But I think the intention was a completely different point, namely, that those four lunatics (Tucker Carlson, et. al) cannot claim MAGA 2.0, and that is a legitimate point.
Personally, I don’t feel the slightest bit let down or betrayed by President Trump, and as a proud MAGA patriot who also loves Trump, I resent these clowns trying to steal MAGA from Trump.
Because of that, when I read “Trump is MAGA and MAGA is Trump”, I agreed with the sentiment... but I did not take it as some kind if implication that MAGA was a cult of personality.
That make any sense?