Trump derangement syndrome

alternative initialism TDS

1. colloquialderogatoryuncountableIrrationally negative reactions to the actions and policies of US President Donald Trump.

   Some people have never gotten over it. Trump Derangement Syndrome is real. There is no vaccine and no booster for it.

   2023 January 13, Kellyanne Conway, “The Cases for and Against Trump”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 02 Mar 2023

   3 more examples

   "Some people HATE the fact that I got along well with President Putin of Russia," he tweeted. "They would rather go to war than see this. It's called Trump Derangement Syndrome!"

   2018 July 20, Chris Cillizza, quoting Donald Trump, “What is 'Trump Derangement Syndrome' -- and do you have it?”, in CNN Politics, archived from the original on 13 Apr 2021

   Like many others, I have for some time been trying to understand Trump Derangement Syndrome, the phenomenon of otherwise reasonable people reacting irrationally to some peculiar quality of the president, a quality especially in evidence when he is in the presence of his supporters.

   2019 July 24, Conrad Black, “Trump Derangement Syndrome and Presidential Egocentricity”, in National Review, archived from the original on 05 Aug 2020

   Letter writers who criticize the president have long been responding dismissively to claims they suffer from Trump Derangement Syndrome […] and the May 6 example drew particularly pointed replies.

   2020 May 9, Paul Thornton, “Opinion: Who really has 'Trump Derangement Syndrome'? Not his critics, readers say”, in The Los Angeles Times, archived from the original on 05 Jun 2020

   Synonyms: TDS, Trumpophobia

2. colloquialderogatoryuncountableIrrationally rabid support for US President Donald Trump.

   Trump Derangement Syndrome really describes the Republicans who just three years ago would deny they’d ever support the behavior and decisions they defend today.

   2019 October 14, Thomas Mills, “The real Trump Derangement Syndrome”, in PoliticsNC.com, archived from the original on 25 Nov 2020

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   If you can view it and not be appalled by his conduct, embarrassed by his neediness, concerned for his health, and worried about our nation under his care, I’m going to suggest that you’re enabling his neurosis and indulging his narcissism to the point of endangering all of us. If Trump Derangement Syndrome is a thing at all, it’s something Donald Trump is hopelessly afflicted with. If you’re still defending him, you’re not helping him—or America.

   2019 June 17, John Pavlovitz, “Trump Derangement Syndrome Is Real. Trump and His Supporters Have It.”, in JohnPavlovitz.com, archived from the original on 20 May 2022

   “This is what Trump Derangement Syndrome really is,” Maher explained. “Pretending that all of this is perfectly acceptable behavior for an American president.”

   2019 September 20, Lawrence Yee, “Bill Maher Offers New Definition of ‘Trump Derangement Syndrome’”, in TheWrap, archived from the original on 22 Apr 2022

   Trump Derangement Syndrome is real. Its major symptom is blind trust and willingness to shill for a President who calls The Emoluments Clause (Article 1, Section 9, Paragraph 8 of the US Constitution) “phony” among other 11,000-plus documented untruths President Trump has uttered and tweeted since he was inaugurated.

   2019 November 3, Lynn Mandaville, David Young, “One Small Voice: It’s GOP that has Trump Derangement Syndrome”, in TownBroadcast.com, archived from the original on 22 Jun 2022

   I’ve recently diagnosed, much to the chagrin of Trump supporters, that Trump Derangement Syndrome (TDS) works both ways. It’s not just a mental malady afflicting liberals and Democrats, but one that also afflicts, unbeknownst them, conservatives and Republicans. In both cases, it strips those suffering from it of their objectivity and obscures reality, which opens them up to unprecedented end-time deception.

   2020 April 26, “Trump Derangement Syndrome Works Both Ways”, in TimeForTruth.org, archived from the original on 17 Sep 2021

   Recent days have raised an arresting possibility: Trump himself appears to be suffering from Trump Derangement Syndrome. Trump Derangement Syndrome is a satirical phrase. But there is a nonhumorous reality that Trump’s fraught brand of politics coaxes many people to the psychological edge.

   2020 October 15, John Harris, “Trump Is Suffering From Trump Derangement Syndrome”, in Politico, archived from the original on 21 Aug 2022

   Synonyms: TDS, Trump delusional syndrome, Trump delusion syndrome, Trump devotion syndrome