I notice that many devoted Magas are uncomfortable
with Trump's actions, statements, policies, lies, attacks,
etc. So when he's criticized, they can't directly address
the criticism. Instead, they deflect by various means....
Whataboutism, non sequitur, straw man, or deflection
by arguing about a narrow detail that could be correct
or not.
Pseudointellectual happens a lot, but not so much with MAGA necessarily but those trying to be more like Jordan Petterson but not possessing a high intellect, academic background, or real understanding of whats being said (leads to repeatedly and incorrectly using terms).