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Mosby

(19,491 posts)
50. "Trump Derangement Syndrome" is a INSULT directed at Democrats.
Tue Feb 17, 2026, 03:15 PM
Feb 17

It's derived from "Obama Derangement Syndrome".

Here's the definition:

Trump derangement syndrome (TDS) is a pseudoscientific pejorative term used to describe negative reactions to U.S. president Donald Trump that are characterized as irrational and disconnected from Trump's actual policy positions.[1] The term has mainly been used by Trump supporters to discredit criticism of him, as a way of reframing the discussion by suggesting that his opponents are incapable of accurately perceiving the world.

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According to The Independent, "the highly-politicized term" was coined to dismiss criticism of Trump in his first term as liberal hysteria, suggesting that people abandon all logic and reason due to their dislike of the president.

Trump and his top communication advisers, including current White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt and communications director Steven Cheung, have repeatedly accused many critics of having a "severe case of Trump Derangement Syndrome". The phrase has also been used by Republican politicians and talk show hosts. Newsweek was also accused of suffering from TDS by Cheung. Democrats and others have contended that it is not a legitimate condition, and no clinical data supports its existence and that instead, it is a label used to dismiss criticism of him.


Examples:

Senator Rand Paul has cited the so-called syndrome several times. In a July 16, 2018, interview he said investigators should simply focus on election security and stop "accusing Trump of collusion with the Russians and all this craziness that's not true"—accusations which he said were entirely motivated by "Trump derangement syndrome"

In July 2018, Jeanine Pirro was a guest on The View to promote her newly published book[which?]. While she was responding to a question about how the "deep state" really works, she accused co-host Whoopi Goldberg of suffering from Trump derangement syndrome.

In August 2018, Trump White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders used the term in a tweet: "Trump Derangement Syndrome is becoming a major epidemic among Democrats. Instead of freaking out about the booming Trump economy why not celebrate it?

In September 2018, Fox News personality and Trump supporter Sean Hannity criticized The Washington Post as having Trump derangement syndrome for stating in an editorial that Trump, because of his attitude toward climate change, is "complicit" in hurricanes battering the United States;[39][40] Hannity said, "it is now a full-blown psychosis, it is a psychological level of unhingement I have never seen."

In December 2025, following the killing of Rob and Michele Reiner, Trump suggested in a Truth Social post that Rob Reiner's death was caused by anger toward his "Trump derangement syndrome.


Republicans are trying to get it classified as a mental illness affecting liberals and progressives:

A group of Minnesota Senate Republicans introduced a bill[52] in March 2025 that seeks to classify "Trump Derangement Syndrome" as a mental illness and incorporate it into the state's legal definition through amended statutes.[32] The bill has proposed that the "syndrome" as the "acute onset of paranoia in otherwise normal persons that is in reaction to the policies and presidencies of President Donald J. Trump" which should be recognized in legal and medical contexts.[53][18] The bill also states that the symptoms may include "Trump-induced general hysteria, which produces an inability to distinguish between legitimate policy differences and signs of psychic pathology in President Donald Trump's behavior" which can manifest as "intense verbal hostility toward Trump" and "overt acts of aggression and violence" towards Trump and MAGA supporters.[32][18] The Minnesota bill uses the same wording that Krauthammer used to describe Bush derangement syndrome.



So what was your point when you used a right wing insult?

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Oh no. mzmolly Feb 16 #1
Gosh, it's about time for one of these. It's been more than a week if you don't count Canada. Ocelot II Feb 16 #2
Terrible. senseandsensibility Feb 16 #3
Looks like two dead malaise Feb 16 #6
I thought you said: Shooting at a Hockey competition. chouchou Feb 16 #4
I did malaise Feb 16 #5
She did say that obamanut2012 Feb 16 #13
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In this country we call that Monday. Vinca Feb 16 #8
Jfc SuzyandPuffpuff Feb 16 #9
You forgot malaise Feb 16 #10
Yes! BeneteauBum Feb 16 #27
Coverage by The Guardian Beringia Feb 16 #11
Thanks malaise Feb 16 #12
This message was self-deleted by its author Mosby Feb 16 #25
Another trans shooter Chuuku Davis Feb 17 #38
I'll bet that granular detail is lsn't brought up or discussed much here. BannonsLiver Feb 17 #39
I guess I haven't been thinking and praying hard enough. Bluetus Feb 16 #14
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Be that as it may, we have the power to solve our problems in this life on this planet, here and now. Bluetus Feb 17 #44
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I fully suppoprt everyone's right to all of that Bluetus Feb 17 #54
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I'm old enough to remember when school shootings were above the fold news. aeromanKC Feb 16 #15
Old enough to remember we had ZERO. Columbine which was the first and a unique tragedy. Now it is the norm. Thanks NRA Evolve Dammit Feb 16 #17
Yep. WHEN do we finally get over the so-called love affair with guns? calimary Feb 16 #20
It will never stop here. It is a uniquely "American problem." I have two daughters that were in multiple lockdowns over Evolve Dammit Feb 17 #55
sad and strange BlueWaveNeverEnd Feb 16 #16
Hooray for guns! PoindexterOglethorpe Feb 16 #18
I would, too. calimary Feb 16 #21
What THE FUCK is WRONG with people ??!!!! Exp Feb 16 #19
Trump derangement syndrome BeneteauBum Feb 16 #28
This message was self-deleted by its author Mosby Feb 17 #41
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Pardon me BeneteauBum Feb 17 #45
"Trump Derangement Syndrome" is a INSULT directed at Democrats. Mosby Feb 17 #50
I think the ones with Trump Derangement Syndrome are the MAGATS. Emile Feb 17 #52
Agreed BeneteauBum Feb 17 #58
This message was self-deleted by its author BeneteauBum Feb 17 #59
Oh my BeneteauBum Feb 17 #60
I understand your position Mosby Feb 17 #61
More from W--Providence--Rhode Island (WPRI) news Beringia Feb 16 #22
WTaF UpInArms Feb 16 #29
Robert (Roberta) Dorman was identified as the shooter Mosby Feb 16 #32
Thank you for the updated information UpInArms Feb 17 #35
I wish that every time one of these horrific slaughters takes place 3catwoman3 Feb 17 #51
Good effin grief malaise Feb 17 #47
Violence at a hockey game? Shocking! johnp3907 Feb 16 #23
Lord have mercy. MIButterfly Feb 16 #24
It will end when we take back the billionaire owned media. Initech Feb 16 #26
'Merika. James48 Feb 16 #30
This is tragic. yellow dahlia Feb 16 #31
The second one in a few weeks(Canada) where the shooter was clearly identified as mentally ill Melon Feb 17 #36
She Chuuku Davis Feb 17 #37
Definitely had mental health issues. That much is clear. BannonsLiver Feb 17 #40
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Heartbreaking Torchlight Feb 17 #46
Here in Canada we're still mourning the BC shooting. Swede Feb 17 #49
This is a tragedy, and, will only further the message that trans people are inherently dangerous and shouldn't exist. Oneironaut Feb 17 #53
Yes, I see ForgedCrank Feb 17 #62
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