"American Horror Story: Cult" Trailer: https://t.co/MVFdwasJsV #AHSCult pic.twitter.com/yRxwF2zItd - Jarett Wieselman (@JarettSays) August 22, 2017 It's all beginning to make sense! The first trailer for American Horror Story: Cult is here, and now we finally understand all the terrifying clown imagery. You see, after Donald Trump won the presidential election, Michigan restaurant owner Ally (Sarah Paulson) becomes so traumatized that her intense fear of clowns (aka coulrophbia) resurfaces -- something she explains to her therapist Dr.