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Do you suffer from Trump Derangement Syndrome?


The country is in the throes of a major epidemic, with no known cure and some pretty scary symptoms. It's called Trump Derangement Syndrome, or TDS, and it’s rapidly spreading from the point of origin – the political class – to the population at large.

In the first stage of the disease, victims lose all sense of proportion. The president-elect’s every tweet provokes a firestorm, as if 140 characters were all it took to change the world.

Trump set up a single phone call with Taiwan’s president, and suddenly TDS patients were insisting that our “One China” policy was no more. But the reality is that telephonic communication isn’t the same thing as official diplomatic recognition. Besides, in their eagerness to highlight Trump’s alleged recklessness, the president-elect’s critics misunderstand our policy. “One China” means that we don’t recognize Taiwan as a sovereign country or China’s sovereignty over Taiwan. We’ve never considered Taiwan a mere province, and the Taiwan Relations Act obligates us to defend the island against attack.

In the advanced stages of the disease, the afflicted lose touch with reality. Opinion is unmoored from fact.
The mid-level stages of TDS have a profound effect on the victim’s vocabulary: Sufferers speak a distinctive language consisting solely of hyperbole. Politico recently ran a piece that noted Trump’s supposedly unprecedented decision to continue using his private security force, which provoked former independent presidential candidate Evan McMullin to tweet: “A predictable move for a kleptocratic authoritarian who wants to operate outside the bounds of law and basic ethical standards. Even more troubling, he may use the force's lack of government oversight & presidential veneer to carry-out extralegal acts of force.”

It’s quite a stretch to suggest that a desire to keep trusted lieutenants is actually a sinister plot to create a version of the brownshirts, but such illogical leaps are the pathway to the next stage of TDS: a state of constant hysteria.

Especially when discussing Trump’s views on immigration, hysterical TDS victims assume there’s no difference between the president-elect’s rhetoric (get out!) and his proposed policy (deporting known criminals who are in this country illegally). As Reince Priebus, Trump’s chief of staff, put it: “He’s not calling for mass deportation. He said, ‘No, only people who have committed crimes.’ And then only until all of that is taken care of will we look at what we are going to do next.”

As TDS progresses, the afflicted lose the ability to distinguish fantasy from reality. Despite Trump’s expressed desire to “work something out” for the so-called Dreamers – those brought here as very young children – Trump’s critics continue to harp on this issue. Immigration advocate Frank Sharry, executive director of America’s Voice, who has a very bad case of TDS, inadvertently revealed this mind set when he said: “Before anyone falls into the trap of believing that Trump is ‘softening’ on immigration, they should remember that we’ve seen this movie before.”

A movie, eh?

In the advanced stages of the disease, the afflicted lose touch with reality. Opinion is unmoored from fact. Life resembles a dark fairy tale in which the villain – Trump – is an amalgam of all the worst tyrants in history, past and present, while the heroes –Trump’s critics – are akin to the resistance fighters of World War II.

TDS victims routinely compare Trump to Hitler: Time magazine ran an opinion piece that asked “Just how similar is Donald Trump to Hitler?” The answer: “The comparison between Hitler and Trump is so poignant” because “both men represent their personal character as the antidote to all social and political problems.”


Since Hitler has been dead for more than 70 years, though, victims may feel the need for a more potent bogeyman, a tyrant with more currency. And they’ve found one in Russian President Vladimir Putin, whom they insist ordered a hacking campaign to help Trump win the election.

The other day, Tucker Carlson of Fox News interviewed TDS-riddled Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Burbank). Carlson asked for evidence that Putin’s alleged machinations had any effect on the election. Unable to come up with a coherent answer, Schiff morphed into J. Edgar Hoover: “You're carrying water for the Kremlin,” he said, “you're going to have to move your show to ‘Russia Today.’”

If you ask a TDS victim what might help them feel better, they’ll use the word “normalize.” As in, we mustn’t “normalize” Trump. What they’re really saying is that normal means of dealing with him aren’t enough. Which raises the question: If he’s another Hitler, if he’s in league with Putin, then why is assassination out of the question? Poke a TDS victim and you’ll find they don’t think that “solution” is out of the question at all.

This is the final stage of the TDS epidemic: violence against a democratically elected leader. Unless a cure for TDS is found, this is where we are headed.

http://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-raimondo-trump-derangement-syndrome-20161226-story.html

You always seem to find op-Ed’s to support whatever wacko ideas you have for the week.

This guy hit the nail on the head with this op ed and I took the liberty of signing you up for the first vaccine!

Trump is deranged backing a pedo:

Police Were Told To Keep Roy Moore Away From High School Cheerleaders, Retired Officer Says

https://www.yahoo.com/news/police-were-told-keep-roy-160039289.html

Charges filed?
Arrests?
Convictions?
Hearsay?

Yo, did you see what trump said about the whole thing?

Man. Their hate for anything non conservative borders on psychotic.

Saying the Judge denies the accusations is psychotic to you?
TDS is strong in you.

President Trump on Tuesday appeared to throw his support behind Roy Moore (R) despite the allegations of sexual misconduct against the Alabama Senate candidate.
"We don't need a liberal person in there, a Democrat," Trump told reporters on the South Lawn of the White House.

Trump on Roy Moore race: We don't need a Democrat in that seat - The Hill

http://thehill.com/homenews/administrati...rat-in-the-seat

What sort of nonsense is that? That’s disgusting.

Don't have TDS because I thought pressing China over Taiwan was smart.

Once again, the Trump Derangement Syndrome strikes!

Read it again...
"President Trump on Tuesday appeared to throw his support behind Roy Moore"

And that is all it takes to make it a FACT to you.

Well his own daughter also hates Moore.

But hey, let me know how the play date goes since you’re willing to drop your daughters off at Roy’s house.

None of this can happen as the statute of limitations is long past. There needs to be some sort of investigation to at the very least prove or disprove the accusations.

A few people could be polygraphed. That's a start.

I think a good start is to release the Yearbook they are hiding. That is the only physical evidence to date but no one is allowed to see it as the victim won't release it.

It is my understanding if elected, the Judge will undergo an Ethics investigation so the truth should come out.

If not elected, I don't know what plans Alabama has for him.

What can they do? As we all know, the statute of limitations is long past. Hopefully they at least do some sort of investigation so that the truth can be known. Whatever happens after that...we'll just have to wait and see.

There is no statute of limitations for an ethics hearing I believe.

They can call in the accusers to the Ethics Investigation, get their stories and see if they hold water. Then they can ask the Judge to defend himself.

I think they will know the truth after all that.

Pretty humorous article. Well it would be humorous if it didn't hit the nail on the head. Many people really do appear to be deranged when they talk about politics, lose all logical faculties, and get especially emotional when talking about our President.

There's one poster on here who has been hit particularly hard by Trump Derangement Syndrome. Just keep this thought in your head. When someone's post sounds like the ramblings of a madman, you've found the guy.

In America, a child is molested every 8 minutes.
This steaming pile, in backing Roy Moore, has just sent them all message:

"I don't believe you, and even if I did believe you, I don't care."

I say shoot the molesters. Fine with me. Have proof though, cause your ass will be arrested until things get worked out.

Unlike in the inner cities where it's all "no one knows nothing"

Yup, I have enough to say say Moore shouldn't run. Agreed there.

The message, however. You need to go back to Clinton, and Kennedy, and probably many others. Stop it now? I'd love to.

It's not a d or R thing.

I'm just glad your steaming pile of Hillary didn't get elected. She's got enough dog pooh in her background. Hell, had she been elected, she'd probably have sold the nuclear codes to the highest bidder. And you know that's the freaking truth!

I think i saw Clem on CNN screaming at the sky last week ... hope it helped Clem ...

agreed.

the rest of your post was all RvD

HRC
WJC
JFK

And he's still steaming pile with his own skeletons. Teen-age beauty pageants, indeed.

bang, bang.

If Clem screamed at the sky, the sky would learn something!

I'm learning that it ain't so.

Ted, I know you're a good and thoughtful [b][/b]man.

If we took all of the information available regarding Roy Moore, and placed him in the care of your children, or your nieces/nephews, friend's children, etc., would you be comfortable with that?

The answer is, no, you wouldn't. You wouldn't be litigating and parsing - you would make a snap decision - this guy is bad news. And that intuition would be correct.

We're not talking about a "he said/she said". At this point, there's over 75+ people more or less saying "this guy is a pervert". It's absolutely sick that anyone tries to hem and haw over this. And to be fair - some are doing it with Franken (and have for years with Clinton).

I think it's truly sad that people are even considering this man after what has come to light.

I think the confusion is equating court of law actions with hiring. I can opt not to hire a felon if I want, even if exonerated. Why would I hire someone accused 8 times of sexual assault for a business I operate? And how is that so different than electing someone to office?

I'm not defending the guy, I just want it to be settled in a court higher than that of public opinion. Sure seems like there's enough evidence, have that yearbook analyzed and there you have it.

Even if he loses, it should be scrutinized. People have to learn that they can't just get away with this.

If you actually remove all reasonable doubt, the guy HAS TO GO AWAY.

Did you mean Tweets? Because not only did they find the guy, they elected him. Well a minority of the voters did anyway.

No, I meant what I said. There is one particular anti-Trump poster on here who I am concerned about because he sometimes comes off as being on the verge of insanity. I mean that literally and it's not something I would say lightly. I don't think it's appropriate to say who, as it could be my judgement that is off.

grow a pair and name names. over here dancing around the issue like some chick you're scared to talk to at the club.

No.

so you're content with essentially talking trash behind someone's back.

not cool bro.

I'm saying this all out in the open and I won't even say who it is I'm thinking about. Not exactly "talking trash behind someone's back" (kind of the opposite, isn't it?) My opinion is that it shouldn't be all that hard to figure out who it is, and if I'm right, then it will become even more obvious with time.

It's not you that I'm thinking of, if that's what you're trying to get out of me. I actually think you're quite reasonable and level-headed compared to the person I'm thinking of.

I'm just going to leave it at that.

why not? not naming names takes all the fun out of it.

This year has been so much fun already and we have to save some for the next seven.

You think having a sociopath who is borderline mentally retarded as president is "fun", but you worry about the sanity of others?

You're going a bit too far there.

He's probably right around the DSM-IV classifications for mild, and if you couple that with his personality disorders and what appears to be early onset dementia, I don't think it's an unfair characterization. He has trouble spelling simple words, struggles to form complete sentences, has the vocabulary capacity that rivals higher language skilled birds, and, one of the bigger tells - he has trouble understanding and explaining basic concepts immediately after being taught them.

But if it's the specific wording you take issue with, I understand and apologize.

Does this sound like someone with cognizant thought?

There is no difference at all.

A campaign is an extended job interview. We collectively hire the candidate with our votes

I have to admit that some of my posts above may have been too cryptic, but I have to thank you for letting me off the hook.

I no longer feel the need to hold back-- the person I was referring to above was you.