No, sadly they aren't. These are the True Believers that delusional idiots surround themselves with so they are insulated from reality. These True Believers create the reality that the Dear Leader needs to hear to keep driving forward on the agenda these True Believers need to keep their own delusions going. These True Believers, and their Dear Leader, have a symbiotic relationship. Remove one, and the other withers and dies.
Ironically, a True Believer doesn't necessarily grow out of the shadow of a leader. Many times these True Believers will search out for a useful idiot they can make their own, and the mold them into the shape they need to forward their agenda. The right useful idiot will grow and morph into the creature the True Believers need, like Trump has done, or like George W. Bush did for the neo-cons. So long as the ego and id is managed, the super-ego will follow and remain in check. As long as the Dear Leader is fed the right stream of aggrandizing information they will continue to be that useful idiot to the cause. Once the Dear Leader is on the hook, it is just a matter of managing them and keeping them happy with information that feeds their ego.
A great example of this is the delusional idiot and True Believer, Rich Higgins. He delivered a memo that describes the intricate network of fantasy characters out to get Trump and those who follow him.
http://foreignpolicy.com/2017/08/10/...p-the-nsc/amp/
If you have a half hour, and don't mind the headache that will come with exposing yourself to toxic sludge, read the memo. But be prepared. These are the ravings of a lunatic, where enemies from all aspects of the political sphere, many of them contradictory in nature, are working to destroy Trump, and with him, America's last chance at greatness. These people are ####ing nuts, and they went out of their way to find someone who is just as ####ing nuts as them to be their useful idiot. Without those True Believers, Trump withers and dies a very embarrassing and painful death. Without Trump, those True Believers are forced to the fringe and once again become the nutbars they have always been considered.
Support of this can also be found in the daily briefs Trump receives.
https://news.vice.com/story/trump-fo...ws-white-house
Without these multiple ego stroking sessions, Trump would quickly succumb to the reality he's facing and implode under the pressure. But he is continually fed disinformation and misinformation to keep his ego fully stoked, his mouth moving, and doing the bidding of his True Believers.