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| Rich Terrell |
COLUMNIST: Is Trump Derangement Syndrome real? "The term "Trump Derangement Syndrome" is often used by supporters of President Donald Trump to discredit virtually any criticism of him. It is a convenient slur because it allows someone to sidestep actual criticism of Trump by suggesting that the person making the criticism is mentally flawed.
"In fact, a "deranged" person is worse than just "wrong": he is mentally incapable--in fact, dangerously so. Using this slur is a convenient way to dismiss a person rather than confront what they actually say. As such, it is completely dishonest.
"The slur has become so common that it is frequently referred to by the acronym TDS, as in the phrase "Your TDS is showing."
"Using the term Trump Derangement Syndrome is juvenile. Every time I hear it, I am reminded of arguments I remember from middle school. Someone would disagree with someone else in the playground, and the response would be, "Well, you're stupid."
"Even in middle school, I could see that responses like this are simply avoidance. The person using them apparently couldn't think of anything substantive to say and retreated into a dismissive insult. It didn't work then and doesn't work now.
"Does anyone actually have something that could be called Trump Derangement Syndrome? Perhaps. There are probably a few people who just hate everything about Trump and would never be able to concede that he could say or do anything positive. When Bill Clinton was president, there were a few Republicans who couldn't stand him. His voice put their teeth on edge. And I suspect there are a few Democrats who hate Trump in the same way those few Republicans hated Clinton." . . .
Democrat hatred of Trump distorts reality . . . "President Trump further demonstrated zero interest in launching a full-scale war against the Iranian regime. As John Spencer, executive director of the Urban Warfare Institute, tweeted, “The United States is not at war with Iran. The United States has not declared war on Iran. The United States did use military force to assist Israel in achieving a limited goal to dismantle Iran’s nuclear program.” Trump even optimistically announced a ceasefire between Israel and Iran on Monday – that Iran’s regime promptly broke.
"In short, Congressional Democrats bollixed things up. Going forward, they’d be wise to learn from former Massachusetts Democratic Congressional candidate Brianna Wu, who rightly observed, “A nation cannot survive if our partisanship overrides our national security."
Mar 08, 2024: Biden’s Toxic Nightmare of a Speech Made Americans Miss Trump | Opinion - Newsweek . . . "It was reminiscent of his September 2022 speech in Philadelphia, which was marked by a deep red, almost demonic backdrop and dark threats about going to war with "Donald Trump and the MAGA Republicans [who] represent an extremism that threatens the very foundations of our republic." That unhinged language was resurrected in his State of the Union, reminding us that he has no intention of changing his destructive policy or rhetorical direction." . . .
I see a permanent gig on "The View" for Joe. TD
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