The following is an appeal to public mental health and reason. Have you or someone you love been accused of suffering from TDS? If so, you are entitled to clarification on this condition and what sufferers experience. Here is the proper definition of TDS and recommendations on how you or someone you love can prevent and (if necessary) treat this condition.
Trump Derangement Syndrome: (noun) A condition where subjects lose their capacity for rational thought, empathy, and civility upon endorsing Donald J. Trump (hereafter, DJT). Other symptoms include paranoid delusions, belief in conspiracy theories, and retrograde amnesia – most notably, the loss of all memory pertaining to previous opinions and statements made about Trump.
Cases of collective TDS have also been noted, in which subjects experience a notable decline in their ability to reason and think intelligently due to exposure to DJT. Long-term symptoms include the repetition of false statements (without thought or reflection) made by DJT and his supporters.
Multiple instances have been reported, including references to DEI, CRT, BLM, ACA, DREAM, LGBTQ+, NWO, and other abbreviations. In all cases, subjects display complete and total ignorance of these concepts but vehemently condemn them and blame them for all the problems facing society – as well as the delusional belief that only DJT and his policies can protect them.”
Some common examples of conspiracy theories associated with DJT include (but are not limited to), White Genocide, Flat-Earth Theory, Replacement Theory, Creationism, False Flag operations, and a belief in something called “The Deep State.” Other well-documented delusions include the belief that:
- Vaccines contain microchips
- The 26+ women he raped or assaulted are “liars”
- Immigrants are eating your pets
- Democrats abort babies after they’re born
- Democrats are “grooming children”
- Schools are performing gender transition surgery
- Trump won the 2020 election
- The election was “stolen” by left-wingers, some now deceased
- There’s a vast media conspiracy to hurt DJT
- Elites are out to get Trump because he “drained the swamp.”
- Ukraine started the war with Russia
- Ukraine is losing the war with Russia
- Ukraine is run by Nazis
- Nazis are a left-wing political movement
- Tariffs will correct “economic injustice”
- Trump is the most “persecuted” president in U.S. history
Warning signs that you or someone you love may be suffering from DJT include (but are not limited to) using the following terms unironically:
- “Left-wing conspiracy”
- “Drain the swamp”
- “Rigged!”
- “Let’s go Brandon!”
- “FoxNews rules”
- “Deep State”
- “Third Term”
- “Lamestream media”
Luckily, DJT is a treatable condition, except in extreme cases where the subject suffers from additional personality disorders and/or mental illnesses – especially when combined with extravagant wealth. Treatment options include:
- Turning off FoxNews
- Turning off Newsmax, OANN, Breitbart, and other alt-right “news”
- Unsubscribing from Truth Social
- Unsubscribing from X
- Leaving FB chat groups
- Limiting time on social media and internet forums
- Stepping outside and interacting with people different than you
- Reading a book, especially one that’s not a right-wing polemic
- Exposure therapy to gay, trans people, and people of color
- Empathy workshops
- White and male privilege checks
- Listening to family members you cut ties with over Trump
This has been a public service announcement. Good night, and good luck! Seriously, GOOD LUCK!
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