Thomas J. Raleigh · Author · Essayist · Raconteur · Est. 1950

Trump Derangement Syndrome

Thomas J. Raleigh · July 22, 2026 · 1 min read

Trump Derangement Syndrome, or TDS, is getting a lot of play lately.  When confronted, MAGA uses it to condemn those who dare criticize Trump.  I tend to differ.  Here’s what it really is…

TDS is actually suffered by those who think that a reality TV star and failed businessman, who declared bankruptcy multiple times, screwing countless employees, contractors, and investors in the process…is a good businessman?  Nope, that’s TDS!

To think that a man accused of sexual assault by 28 women, found liable for sexual abuse and defamation, cheated on his wives, paid off a porn-star, and was besties with a convicted pedophile and accomplices, is of good moral character?  Not in my book…that’s TDS!

To imagine that a man who is the embodiment of the seven deadly sins, surrounded by sycophantic clergy performing clownish group hugs in the Oval Office is somehow a representative of Christianity?  I don’t think so!  That’s TDS

The belief that a man, cosplaying as the leader of the free world, who pardons felons and drug-dealers, bombs countries, starts a war, attacks American institutions, and manufactures chaos within the world-order, is the right man for the job…and deserves the Nobel Peace Prize, no less?  If you think that, you have TDS.

And finally, for all those who blindly follow a man who offers no vision… no ideas… tears down what others before him built… blames others for his shortcomings… and takes half a nation hostage.  And they still believe this guy is somehow playing 3-D chess?  MAGA, take note, you are the ones with Trump Derangement Syndrome!!!

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