Trump Derangement Syndrome (TDS) was originally coined as a political expression – a pejorative to describe the emotional overreaction of those on the left. The further to the left, the worse the symptoms.
TDS is not yet recognized as an official mental condition by the medical community. There are no prescribed treatments or funny named medications to mitigate or cure the problem, even though it seems to have become a malady that is afflicting an increasing number of folks on the left.
The root cause of the affliction appears to be an inability to accept the reality of Trump’s election and a historic rash-causing reaction to his policies. We see hysterical meltdowns every day on the news – especially on the most left-wing news outlets, such as MSNBC, the New York Times, the Atlantic, etc., etc., etc.
TDS appears to be a form of Tourette’s Syndrome – with Democrats and the media cronies taking up an unprecedented and unseemly level of public obscenities. Major Democrat leaders – such as Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer – posted an online video with “SH*T” as the repeated headline theme. Democrat United States Senator Mark Kelly posts a video in which he called Elon Musk and “asshole.” Democrats are dropping more f-bombs than the Allies dropped on Dresden in World War II.
The spokesperson for the hard core radical left in Congress, Democrat Representative Jamie Raskin, excused the plague of profanities as an understandable extension of legitimate anger. I prefer to think of such expressions of unhinged anger as the last resort of the weak-minded who have nothing of substance to offer. Intelligent people in civil discourse do not need profanity – especially when it appears to have permeated the entire left-wing culture.
The depth of the left’s despair and depravity was personified by “Morning Joe” panelist Eddie Glaude. He confessed to having been emotionally crippled since Trump’s election win -– expressing “profound” grief over the Trump presidency. He said he has lost hope for the future of America. MSNBC’s Simone Sander–Townsend on her weekend show – was heard yelling hysterically into the cameras wondering how all that “Trump stuff” could have happened.
Most common reports on left-wing news suggest that the people – as least their people – are overcome by fear, anxiety and depression. I say “their people” since most polls show Trump holds a fairly good favorable rating (in the 48 percent range) among the American people – who currently give Democrats a favorable rating of 27 percent.
The recognition of Trump Derangement Syndrome – if not by name – has come from the professional medical community. Psychologists, psychiatrists, therapists and family doctors have been taking to the airwaves to report the emotional impact Trump is having on their patients.
Lisa Larson-Walker, a Manhattan psychologist, says she has seen a significant increase in patients experiencing anxiety related to Trump. Larson-Walker claims that one of her patients, whose family survived the holocaust, is experiencing deep fears and anxieties. She sees the current situation in America to be similar to the stories she heard from her grandparents.
Really? This unfortunate woman compares what is happening in America today with Hitler’s war and the extermination of millions of innocent Jews in concentration camps? I say this woman does have an emotional or mental problem – but Trump is not the cause. Lisa definitely needs her therapist.
Among the many individuals who have reported debilitating anxieties, stress, depression is Dorie Chamberlain, a 54-year-old mother who talks about Trump every time she sees her therapists. She describes what goes on in her head as being “like living in a house where everybody screams”— causing her severe anxiety and stress.
These examples are not outliers.
Dr. Glenn Burnett, an internist in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, says that several of his patients are experiencing severe anxiety, depression, insomnia, chest pains, and panic due to Trump’s presidency. He compares the emotional intensity to the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks. Burnett also says that the election has severed family ties and caused significant emotional distress on family members.
Yale University professor Bandy X. Lee has been outspoken about what she alleges to be the psychological impact of Trump’s rhetoric and behavior on her students. You may recall that Harvard gave students a day off after Trump was elected to cope with their snowflake responses.
Democrat politicians and left-wing media personalities are pushing the mental health issues very hard. Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has repeatedly expressed her fears regarding Trump’s impact on the mental health of American citizens – especially those in what she refers to as “vulnerable communities.” (I assume she is referring to left-wing Democrats as the vulnerable community).
Among the media personalities spreading the Trump Derangement Syndrome is MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow (of course). She has devoted several segments of her evening show to reporting on the emotional toll Trump is having on the American public — often interviewing individuals suffering from TDS. CNN’s Anderson Cooper has taken a similar approach on his evening program.
It is true. Ever since Trump won the 2016 presidential election, a certain portion of the Democrat base has gone bonkers. They thought they were rid of him in 2020. When he announced his intention to run again in the 2024 election, the bonkers bunch in the Democratic Party went into panicked overdrive in their efforts to demonize Trump – doing everything they could to make Trump unelectable.
Having made Trump unelectable in their own minds, one can appreciate their crazed reaction when he won the election with improved support in every state – and most notably among Blacks, Hispanics, Arabs, women, independents and younger voters. Those are the folks Democrats and those on the radical left thought they owned.
And do not expect the Trump Derangement Syndrome to end very soon. It is more likely to get a lot worse before it gets better – especially since the left-winger media personalities are spreading faster than Typhoid Mary. Unfortunately, neither masks nor vaccines can stop the spread.
So, there ‘tis.