GOP Pushes To Classify ‘Trump Derangement Syndrome’ As Mental Illness
There used to be a term during former President Barack Obama's time in office that was coined, Obama derangement syndrome. Conservative columnist Charles Krauthammer also named a Bush derangement syndrome. But Trump supporters think they came up with a new term: Trump derangement syndrome.
Now, five Minnesota Republicans want to use that as an official mental illness recognized under state statute because there is nothing else going on in this country.
The Independent reports:
The bill’s authors, Eric Lucero, Steve Drazkowski, Nathan Wesenberg, Justin Eichorn, and Glenn H. Gruenhagen, described the faux “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.”
Symptoms include “Trump-induced general hysteria,” where a person struggles to distinguish between “legitimate policy” and “psychic pathology,” which is expressed with verbal hostility or acts of aggression against Trump and his MAGA supporters, according to the proposed legislation.
If passed, TDS could be added to a lengthy list of mental-health-related definitions in Minnesota. The “syndrome” is not recognized as a mental illness in any U.S. state.