They don’t talk much about the social diseases that can send them running to the doctor’s office, but the victims of Trump Derangement Syndrome (TDS) are now so prolific that they even have have their own Wiki entry.
The Trump Derangement Syndrome (TDS) is another name for Trump DIDN’T Win Syndrome (TDS), and there ain’t no cure for all of those refusing to return to reality.
Hillary Rodham Clinton was the first person to come down with it, and she infected millions with the incurable TDS.“Origin of term “The coinage is traced to Bush derangement syndrome, a phrase coined by Charles Krauthammer in 2003, during the presidency of George W. Bush, and defined by Krauthammer as "the acute onset of paranoia in otherwise normal people in reaction to the policies, the presidency – nay – the very existence of George W. Bush. Krauthammer, a harsh critic of Trump, defined Trump derangement syndrome as describing a Trump-induced "general hysteria" among the chattering classes, producing an "inability to distinguish between legitimate policy differences and ... signs of psychic pathology" in the President's behavior. “Definition Justin Raimondo, a self-described "conservative-paleo-libertarian", divided the "syndrome" into three stages; in the first, those who "lose all sense of proportion," next, they experience "a profound effect on ... vocabulary" and begin to "speak a distinctive language consisting solely of hyperbole," and, in the final stage, the afflicted "lose the ability to distinguish fantasy from reality." Jonathan S. Tobin defines it as "disgust at his manner and his tweets such that all distinctions between him and genuine villains is lost.” In April 2017 Fareed Zakaria defined the syndrome as "hatred of President Trump so intense that it impairs people’s judgment.” Similarly, Rand Paul stated in July 2018: "The hatred for the president is so intense, that partisans would rather risk war than give diplomacy a chance."[ “Use “Michael Davis claims that "conservatives and progressives appear equally susceptible." “The term has been widely applied by pro-Trump writers to critics of Trump, accusing them of responding negatively to nearly every Trump statement or action. Bret Stephens has described the term as something that was being used by conservative groups anytime that someone spoke out critically against Trump, regardless of political affiliation.
“The term has been used by journalists critical of Trump to call for restraint. Fareed Zakaria, who urged Americans to vote against Trump calling him a "cancer on American democracy,” argues that every Trump policy "cannot axiomatically be wrong, evil and dangerous.” Adam Gopnik, who takes a strong anti-Trump position, responded to these assertions that it is a "huge and even fatal mistake for liberals (and constitutional conservatives) to respond negatively to every Trump initiative, every Trump policy, and every Trump idea." Arguing that Trump's opponents must instead recognize that the real problem is "Deranged Trump Self-Delusion," Gopnik defined the "Syndrome" as President Trump's "daily spasm of narcissistic gratification and episodic vanity." The real problem, according to Gopnik, is that President Trump is a man of "fears and fits" with an "appetite ... for announcing his authority through violence, a thing capable of an unimaginable resonance and devastation". “Senator Ted Cruz used the term in a May 2018 interview with Fox & Friends to describe the media's coverage of the freeing of American citizens from North Korea. Steve Doocy asked Senator Cruz why the media's coverage was all about Stormy Daniels when President Trump just negotiated the release of the three American citizens. Senator Cruz responded: “Most of the media they are just out of their minds. They have what I call Trump Derangement Syndrome where all they can do is attack the president all day long on the scandal of the day. “Senator Rand Paul has also used the term to describe Russian interference in the 2016 US election: “All countries are doing this, but we've elevated this to a higher degree, and we've made this all about the sour grapes of Hillary Clinton losing the election, and it's all about partisan politics now. This is truly the Trump derangement syndrome that motivates all of this. “President Trump used the term himself in a tweet following the 2018 Russia–United States summit in Helsinki:Some people HATE the fact that I got along well with President Putin of Russia. They would rather go to war than see this. It’s called Trump Derangement Syndrome!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 18, 2018
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Judi McLeod is an award-winning journalist with 30 years’ experience in the print media. A former Toronto Sun columnist, she also worked for the Kingston Whig Standard. Her work has appeared on Rush Limbaugh, Newsmax.com, Drudge Report, Foxnews.com.
