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Trump derangement syndrome
(
TDS
) is a
pejorative
term used to describe negative reactions to U.S. president
Donald Trump
that are characterized as
irrational
and disconnected from Trump's actual policy positions.
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The term has mainly been used by Trump supporters to discredit criticism of him, as a way of
reframing
the discussion by suggesting that his opponents are incapable of accurately perceiving the world.
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Some journalists have used the term to call for restraint when judging Trump's statements and actions.
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The term has also come to be used to describe the nature of Trump supporters in their unwavering support of the president.
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Origin of the term
The origin of the term is traced to
Charles Krauthammer
, a conservative political columnist, commentator, and psychiatrist, who coined the phrase
Bush derangement syndrome
in 2003 during the
presidency of George W. Bush
. That "syndrome" was defined by Krauthammer as "the acute onset of
paranoia
in otherwise normal people in reaction to the policies, the presidency—nay—the very existence of George W. Bush".
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Similarly, conservative activist
David Horowitz
used the phrase "Obama derangement syndrome" to compare "over-the-top hysteria" in the criticism offered by sections of the right-wing commentariat regarding
Barack Obama
following the latter's
election
as
president
to Bush derangement syndrome, citing comparisons of Obama to
Stalin
,
David Koresh
,
Charles Manson
and
Saddam Hussein
, although Krauthammer disagreed with Horowitz's use of the phrase.
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Horowitz particularly applied the phrase to those who advocated "
birtherist
" conspiracy theories that claimed Obama was not a native-born United States citizen.
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Ezra Klein
has argued that whilst those accused of Bush derangement syndrome were inspired by opposition to Bush's policies, those accused of Obama Derangement Syndrome were driven by reactions to Obama as an individual, in particular his race and
Kenyan heritage
, and a feeling among some conservatives that these made him un-American.
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The first use of the term
Trump derangement syndrome
may have been by Esther Goldberg in an August 2015
op-ed
in
The American Spectator
; she applied the term to "Ruling Class Republicans" who are dismissive or contemptuous of Trump.
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Krauthammer, in an op-ed commented that—in addition to general hysteria about Trump—the "Trump Derangement Syndrome" was the "inability to distinguish between legitimate policy differences and
... signs of psychic pathology".
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According to
The Independent
, "the highly-politicized term" was coined to dismiss criticism of Trump in his first term as liberal
hysteria
, suggesting that people abandon all logic and reason due to their dislike of the president.
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Definition
Fareed Zakaria
defined the term as "hatred of President Trump so intense that it impairs people's judgment".
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CNN's
editor-at-large
Chris Cillizza
called TDS "the preferred
nomenclature
of Trump defenders who view those who oppose him and his policies as nothing more than the blind hatred of those who preach tolerance and free speech".
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Pointing to previous allegations of
Bush derangement syndrome
and Obama derangement syndrome, Cillizza suggested, "Viewed more broadly, the rise of presidential derangement syndromes is a function of increased polarization—not to mention our national self-sorting—at work in the country today."
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Bret Stephens
has described the term as something used by conservative groups whenever someone speaks out critically against Trump, regardless of political affiliation.
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CNN political analyst
John Avlon
uses the term in a more generalized sense inclusive of positive emotions as well as hatred towards Trump, so that for example, TDS accounts for
denialism
about Trump's defeat in the 2020 election, as a "political diagnosis" of people who "simply can't accept the fact that he lost the election".
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This new definition derogatorily describing the nature of Trump supporters rather than his deriders has been picked up by others and widely used.
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Politico
co-founder
John Harris
wrote that TDS is related to
gaslighting
, "another psychological concept in vogue in the Trump era".
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Usage
Following the death of
Rob Reiner
in 2025, Trump suggested he died for having Trump derangement syndrome and described it as a "mind crippling disease"
The term has been widely applied by pro-Trump writers to critics of Trump, accusing them of responding negatively to a wide range of Trump's statements and actions.
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The use of the term has been called part of a broader
GOP
strategy to discredit criticisms of Trump's actions, as a way of "reframing" the discussion by suggesting his political opponents are incapable of accurately perceiving the world. However, according to
Kathleen Hall Jamieson
of
Annenberg Public Policy Center
, the term could backfire on Trump supporters because people might interpret it to mean that Trump is the one who is "deranged", rather than those who criticize him.
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Some Trump supporters have asserted that he plays a form of "multi-dimensional chess" on a mental level his critics cannot comprehend, which they say explains why critics are frustrated and confused by Trump's words and actions.
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Fox News
anchor
Bret Baier
and former
Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives
Paul Ryan
have characterized Trump as a "
troll
" who makes controversial statements to see his adversaries' "heads explode".
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The term has been used by journalists critical of Trump to call for restraint.
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Fareed Zakaria, who urged Americans to vote against Trump calling him a "cancer on
American democracy
", argues that every Trump policy "cannot axiomatically be wrong, evil and dangerous".
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Adam Gopnik
, who takes a strong anti-Trump position, responded to these assertions that it is a "huge and even fatal mistake for liberals (and constitutional conservatives) to respond negatively to every Trump initiative, every Trump policy, and every Trump idea". Arguing that Trump's opponents must instead recognize that the real problem is "Deranged Trump Self-Delusion", Gopnik defined the "Syndrome" as President Trump's "daily spasm of narcissistic gratification and episodic vanity".
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Trump and his top communication advisers, including current White House press secretary
Karoline Leavitt
and communications director
Steven Cheung
, have repeatedly accused many critics of having a "severe case of Trump Derangement Syndrome". The phrase has also been used by Republican politicians and talk show hosts. Newsweek was also accused of suffering from TDS by Cheung. Democrats and others have contended that it is not a legitimate condition, and no clinical data supports its existence and that instead, it is a label used to dismiss criticism of him. Some point out that TDS may also apply to die-hard Trump supporters who defend him unquestioningly without any regard for facts or consequences.
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Examples of use
Senator
Rand Paul
has cited the so-called syndrome several times. In a July 16, 2018, interview he said investigators should simply focus on election security and stop "accusing Trump of collusion with the Russians and all this craziness that's not true"—accusations which he said were entirely motivated by "Trump derangement syndrome".
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Trump used the term in a tweet following the
2018 Russia–United States Summit
in
Helsinki
: "Some people HATE the fact that I got along well with President
Putin
of Russia. They would rather go to war than see this. It's called Trump Derangement Syndrome!"
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He also used it in a tweet about
Alan Dershowitz's
book
The Case Against Impeaching Trump
: ".@AlanDersh, a brilliant lawyer, who although a Liberal Democrat who probably didn't vote for me, has discussed the Witch Hunt with great clarity and in a very positive way. He has written a new and very important book called 'The Case Against Impeaching Trump', which I would encourage all people with Trump Derangement Syndrome to read!"
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In July 2018,
Jeanine Pirro
was a guest on
The View
to promote her newly published book
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which?
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. While she was responding to a question about how the "
deep state
" really works, she accused co-host
Whoopi Goldberg
of suffering from Trump derangement syndrome.
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That same month,
Eric Zorn
wrote in the
Chicago Tribune
that the syndrome afflicts Trump's supporters more than his critics, as "what Team Trump is calling derangement is, in most cases, rational concern about his behavior and the direction he's taking the country.... The true Trump Derangement Syndrome loose on the land is the delusion suffered by those who still think he's going to make this country a better place for average people."
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Sarah Huckabee Sanders
, White House Press Secretary in the first Trump administration, made use of the term online.
In August 2018, Trump
White House Press Secretary
Sarah Huckabee Sanders
used the term in a tweet: "Trump Derangement Syndrome is becoming a major epidemic among Democrats. Instead of freaking out about the booming Trump economy why not celebrate it?"
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In September 2018, Fox News personality and Trump supporter
Sean Hannity
criticized
The Washington Post
as having Trump derangement syndrome for stating in an editorial that Trump, because of his attitude toward
climate change
, is "complicit" in hurricanes battering the United States;
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Hannity said, "it is now a full-blown
psychosis
, it is a psychological level of unhingement I have never seen."
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In March 2019,
Bill Maher
on
Real Time with Bill Maher
noted that while most statements by Trump were worthy of contempt, on occasions he had made perfectly sensible comments which were pilloried without justification. A case in point was Trump's criticism of the
overengineering
which led to the
Boeing 737 MAX
crashes and his preference for products to be simpler to use, which some commentators interpreted as evidence of conservative leanings.
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In August 2019,
Anthony Scaramucci
, Trump's former
White House Communications Director
, said in interviews with
Vanity Fair
and
CNN
that he had "Trump fatigue syndrome" instead of Trump derangement syndrome.
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In September 2019, Sean Hannity characterized as "Trump derangement syndrome" the continuing press coverage of Trump's
days-long insistence
that he was correct to state on September
1 that
Hurricane Dorian
posed a danger to
Alabama
, asserting "pretty much every newsroom in America screwed this up and lied to you", adding there were "a lot of psychotic jackasses in the media mob".
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The term resurfaced in 2024 concerning reactions to Trump's
2024 presidential campaign
and eventual
defeat
of Vice President
Kamala Harris
. In October 2024, Bill Maher, expressing his concerns regarding a second Trump term stated, "It's not deranged to fear this! It's not deranged to find this alarming!"
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A House Democrat stated following the election that the
Democratic Party
needed to "get past this idea they call 'Trump Derangement Syndrome'".
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In October 2024, Trump dismissed his former chief of staff
John F. Kelly
as having TDS after he
branded the president a fascist
and made damaging claims about his views of
Adolf Hitler
.
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In February 2025,
Elon Musk
revived the term and told Fox News host Sean Hannity he used to be "adored by the left" until they were infected with TDS. He added that when he mentioned the president's name at a dinner party before his return to the White House, "it was like they got shot with a dart in the jugular that contained like methamphetamine and rabies".
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During the
Signalgate
scandal, Trump angrily criticized U.S. District Judge
James Boasberg
, calling him "disgraceful" and accused him of suffering from a "MASSIVE" Trump derangement syndrome, among other things, after the judge was assigned to oversee the case involving the chats which according to him is statistically impossible.
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Trump severely criticized four "disloyal" Republican Senators
Mitch McConnell
,
Susan Collins
,
Lisa Murkowski
, and
Rand Paul
who indicated they will join Democrats in voting for a joint resolution to end the national emergency declared by him to undo
Trump tariffs
on Canada, calling them "extremely difficult" and implored them to "get on the Republican bandwagon" and remain loyal to their party. He so wrote, "Why are they allowing
Fentanyl
to pour into our Country unchecked, and without penalty. What is wrong with them, other than suffering from Trump Derangement Syndrome, commonly known as TDS?" in the overnight
Truth Social
post.
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In June 2025, during the height of
Trump's feud
with his ex-
DOGE
chief, Elon Musk, Trump suggested that Musk "is suffering from 'Trump derangement syndrome.'"
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In December 2025, following the
killing of Rob and Michele Reiner
, Trump suggested in a Truth Social post that
Rob Reiner
's death was caused by anger toward his "Trump derangement syndrome". The post triggered bipartisan backlash.
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On April 2, 2026, two days following the first show of
Bruce Springsteen
and the
E Street Band
's
Land of Hope and Dreams American Tour
, a tour Springsteen launched in response to Trump, the president took to
Truth Social
to heavily criticize the musician by saying that he looked like a "dried up prune who has suffered greatly from the work of a really bad plastic surgeon, has long had a horrible and incurable case of Trump Derangement Syndrom, sometimes referred to as TDS". He also urged his supporters to boycott Springsteen's concerts.
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Proposed laws
A group of
Minnesota Senate Republicans
introduced a bill
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in March 2025 that seeks to classify "Trump Derangement Syndrome" as a mental illness and incorporate it into the state's legal definition through amended statutes.
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The bill has proposed that the "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" which should be recognized in legal and medical contexts.
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The bill also states that the symptoms may include "Trump-induced general hysteria, which produces an inability to distinguish between legitimate policy differences and signs of psychic pathology in President Donald Trump's behavior" which can manifest as "intense verbal hostility toward Trump" and "overt acts of aggression and violence" towards Trump and
MAGA
supporters.
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The Minnesota bill uses the same wording that Krauthammer used to describe Bush derangement syndrome.
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U.S. Representative
Warren Davidson
of Ohio introduced a bill in May 2025 that would require the
National Institutes of Health
to study Trump derangement syndrome and report annually to Congress. Davidson said "TDS has divided families, the country, and led to nationwide violence—including two assassination attempts on President Trump. The TDS Research Act would require the NIH to study this toxic state of mind, so we can understand the root cause and identify solutions."
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See also
Ad hominem
Goldwater rule
Political abuse of psychiatry
Sluggish schizophrenia
Trumpism
Woke mind virus
, a phrase popularized by
Elon Musk
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Donald J. Trump [@realDonaldTrump]
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"Some people HATE the fact that I got along well with President Putin of Russia. They would rather go to war than see this. It's called Trump Derangement Syndrome!"
(
Tweet
). Archived from
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on January 8, 2021
. Retrieved
July 18,
2018
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.
^
Donald J. Trump [@realDonaldTrump] (July 26, 2018).
".@AlanDersh, a brilliant lawyer, who although a Liberal Democrat who probably didn't vote for me, has discussed the Witch Hunt with great clarity and in a very positive way. He has written a new and very important book called 'The Case Against Impeaching Trump', which I would encourage all people with Trump Derangement Syndrome to read!"
(
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). Archived from
the original
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. Retrieved
July 26,
2018
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.
^
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"Whoopi vs. Judge Jeanine: 'Trump Derangement Syndrome' comment sparks yelling match on 'The View'
"
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Sarah Huckabee Sanders [@PressSec45]
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"Trump Derangement Syndrome is becoming a major epidemic among Democrats. Instead of freaking out about the booming Trump economy why not celebrate it?"
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)
. Retrieved
February 13,
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.
^
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Maher, Bill [@billmaher] (March 22, 2019).
"Trump Derangement Syndrome isn't a real thing, so, on the rare occasion when Trump says something not stupid, don't act like you have Trump Derangement Syndrome"
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.
^
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'Oh My God, This Jackass': The Mooch Explains Why He Thinks Trump Is 'Crazy', 'Narcissistic', and a 'Paper Tiger' Who Will Drop Out by March 2020"
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I don't have Trump derangement syndrome, but what I do have is Trump fatigue syndrome. It's a very different thing, okay? And I submit to you that the nation, my party members, all have Trump fatigue syndrome, okay?
^
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I'm not going to be a prop for people on the left. I'm my own person. I'm not a guy that has Trump derangement syndrome. But I think like most Americans, I have Trump fatigue syndrome.
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'It's Not Deranged To Fear This': Bill Maher Calls 'Trump Derangement Syndrome' Bunk"
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"
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^
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^
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"Trump says Rob Reiner, victims of possible homicide, died of 'Trump derangement syndrome'
"
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2025
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^
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"Donald J. Trump"
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Rathore, Bhavika.
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Glynn, Erin (May 16, 2025).
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"
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Pejorative term used to describe negative reactions to President Donald Trump
Not to be confused with [Health concerns about Donald Trump](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Age_and_health_concerns_about_Donald_Trump "Age and health concerns about Donald Trump").
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**Trump derangement syndrome** (**TDS**) is a [pejorative](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pejorative "Pejorative") term used to describe negative reactions to U.S. president [Donald Trump](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump "Donald Trump") that are characterized as [irrational](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irrational "Irrational") and disconnected from Trump's actual policy positions.[\[1\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_derangement_syndrome#cite_note-Cillizza-1) The term has mainly been used by Trump supporters to discredit criticism of him, as a way of [reframing](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Framing_\(social_sciences\) "Framing (social sciences)") the discussion by suggesting that his opponents are incapable of accurately perceiving the world.[\[2\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_derangement_syndrome#cite_note-Flaherty-2)[\[3\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_derangement_syndrome#cite_note-Zorn_7/31/2018-3) Some journalists have used the term to call for restraint when judging Trump's statements and actions.[\[4\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_derangement_syndrome#cite_note-ZakariaAvoid-4)[\[5\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_derangement_syndrome#cite_note-:0-5)[\[6\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_derangement_syndrome#cite_note-:1-6) The term has also come to be used to describe the nature of Trump supporters in their unwavering support of the president.[\[7\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_derangement_syndrome#cite_note-Harris_2020-7)[\[8\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_derangement_syndrome#cite_note-Yee_2019-8)[\[9\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_derangement_syndrome#cite_note-Examples-9)
## Origin of the term
The origin of the term is traced to [Charles Krauthammer](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Krauthammer "Charles Krauthammer"), a conservative political columnist, commentator, and psychiatrist, who coined the phrase *[Bush derangement syndrome](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bush_derangement_syndrome "Bush derangement syndrome")* in 2003 during the [presidency of George W. Bush](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presidency_of_George_W._Bush "Presidency of George W. Bush"). That "syndrome" was defined by Krauthammer as "the acute onset of [paranoia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paranoia "Paranoia") in otherwise normal people in reaction to the policies, the presidency—nay—the very existence of George W. Bush".[\[10\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_derangement_syndrome#cite_note-DavisSyndrome-10)[\[11\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_derangement_syndrome#cite_note-CostPresidency-11)[\[12\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_derangement_syndrome#cite_note-KrauthammerBush-12)[\[13\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_derangement_syndrome#cite_note-KrauthammerPost-13)
Similarly, conservative activist [David Horowitz](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Horowitz "David Horowitz") used the phrase "Obama derangement syndrome" to compare "over-the-top hysteria" in the criticism offered by sections of the right-wing commentariat regarding [Barack Obama](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barack_Obama "Barack Obama") following the latter's [election](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_United_States_presidential_election "2008 United States presidential election") as [president](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presidency_of_Barack_Obama "Presidency of Barack Obama") to Bush derangement syndrome, citing comparisons of Obama to [Stalin](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stalin "Stalin"), [David Koresh](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Koresh "David Koresh"), [Charles Manson](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Manson "Charles Manson") and [Saddam Hussein](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saddam_Hussein "Saddam Hussein"), although Krauthammer disagreed with Horowitz's use of the phrase.[\[14\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_derangement_syndrome#cite_note-14) Horowitz particularly applied the phrase to those who advocated "[birtherist](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barack_Obama_citizenship_conspiracy_theories "Barack Obama citizenship conspiracy theories")" conspiracy theories that claimed Obama was not a native-born United States citizen.[\[15\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_derangement_syndrome#cite_note-15) [Ezra Klein](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ezra_Klein "Ezra Klein") has argued that whilst those accused of Bush derangement syndrome were inspired by opposition to Bush's policies, those accused of Obama Derangement Syndrome were driven by reactions to Obama as an individual, in particular his race and [Kenyan heritage](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barack_Obama_Sr. "Barack Obama Sr."), and a feeling among some conservatives that these made him un-American.[\[16\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_derangement_syndrome#cite_note-16)
The first use of the term *Trump derangement syndrome* may have been by Esther Goldberg in an August 2015 [op-ed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Op-ed "Op-ed") in *[The American Spectator](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_American_Spectator "The American Spectator")*; she applied the term to "Ruling Class Republicans" who are dismissive or contemptuous of Trump.[\[17\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_derangement_syndrome#cite_note-17) Krauthammer, in an op-ed commented that—in addition to general hysteria about Trump—the "Trump Derangement Syndrome" was the "inability to distinguish between legitimate policy differences and ... signs of psychic pathology".[\[13\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_derangement_syndrome#cite_note-KrauthammerPost-13)
According to *[The Independent](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Independent "The Independent")*, "the highly-politicized term" was coined to dismiss criticism of Trump in his first term as liberal [hysteria](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hysteria "Hysteria"), suggesting that people abandon all logic and reason due to their dislike of the president.[\[18\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_derangement_syndrome#cite_note-:3-18)
## Definition
[Fareed Zakaria](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fareed_Zakaria "Fareed Zakaria") defined the term as "hatred of President Trump so intense that it impairs people's judgment".[\[4\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_derangement_syndrome#cite_note-ZakariaAvoid-4)[\[19\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_derangement_syndrome#cite_note-19) CNN's [editor-at-large](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Editor-at-large "Editor-at-large") [Chris Cillizza](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Cillizza "Chris Cillizza") called TDS "the preferred [nomenclature](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nomenclature "Nomenclature") of Trump defenders who view those who oppose him and his policies as nothing more than the blind hatred of those who preach tolerance and free speech".[\[1\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_derangement_syndrome#cite_note-Cillizza-1) Pointing to previous allegations of [Bush derangement syndrome](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bush_derangement_syndrome "Bush derangement syndrome") and Obama derangement syndrome, Cillizza suggested, "Viewed more broadly, the rise of presidential derangement syndromes is a function of increased polarization—not to mention our national self-sorting—at work in the country today."[\[1\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_derangement_syndrome#cite_note-Cillizza-1) [Bret Stephens](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bret_Stephens "Bret Stephens") has described the term as something used by conservative groups whenever someone speaks out critically against Trump, regardless of political affiliation.[\[20\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_derangement_syndrome#cite_note-20)
CNN political analyst [John Avlon](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Avlon "John Avlon") uses the term in a more generalized sense inclusive of positive emotions as well as hatred towards Trump, so that for example, TDS accounts for [denialism](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Election_denial_movement_in_the_United_States "Election denial movement in the United States") about Trump's defeat in the 2020 election, as a "political diagnosis" of people who "simply can't accept the fact that he lost the election".[\[21\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_derangement_syndrome#cite_note-21) This new definition derogatorily describing the nature of Trump supporters rather than his deriders has been picked up by others and widely used.[\[7\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_derangement_syndrome#cite_note-Harris_2020-7)[\[8\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_derangement_syndrome#cite_note-Yee_2019-8)[\[9\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_derangement_syndrome#cite_note-Examples-9)
*[Politico](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politico "Politico")* co-founder [John Harris](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_F._Harris "John F. Harris") wrote that TDS is related to [gaslighting](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaslighting "Gaslighting"), "another psychological concept in vogue in the Trump era".[\[22\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_derangement_syndrome#cite_note-22)
## Usage
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Following the death of [Rob Reiner](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rob_Reiner "Rob Reiner") in 2025, Trump suggested he died for having Trump derangement syndrome and described it as a "mind crippling disease"
The term has been widely applied by pro-Trump writers to critics of Trump, accusing them of responding negatively to a wide range of Trump's statements and actions.[\[23\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_derangement_syndrome#cite_note-TobinCoughlin-23)[\[24\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_derangement_syndrome#cite_note-GopnikPersistence-24)[\[25\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_derangement_syndrome#cite_note-25)
The use of the term has been called part of a broader [GOP](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GOP "GOP") strategy to discredit criticisms of Trump's actions, as a way of "reframing" the discussion by suggesting his political opponents are incapable of accurately perceiving the world. However, according to [Kathleen Hall Jamieson](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kathleen_Hall_Jamieson "Kathleen Hall Jamieson") of [Annenberg Public Policy Center](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annenberg_Public_Policy_Center "Annenberg Public Policy Center"), the term could backfire on Trump supporters because people might interpret it to mean that Trump is the one who is "deranged", rather than those who criticize him.[\[2\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_derangement_syndrome#cite_note-Flaherty-2) Some Trump supporters have asserted that he plays a form of "multi-dimensional chess" on a mental level his critics cannot comprehend, which they say explains why critics are frustrated and confused by Trump's words and actions.[\[26\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_derangement_syndrome#cite_note-26)[\[27\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_derangement_syndrome#cite_note-27)[\[28\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_derangement_syndrome#cite_note-28)[\[29\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_derangement_syndrome#cite_note-29) [Fox News](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fox_News "Fox News") anchor [Bret Baier](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bret_Baier "Bret Baier") and former [Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speaker_of_the_U.S._House_of_Representatives "Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives") [Paul Ryan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Ryan "Paul Ryan") have characterized Trump as a "[troll](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_troll "Internet troll")" who makes controversial statements to see his adversaries' "heads explode".[\[30\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_derangement_syndrome#cite_note-30)[\[31\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_derangement_syndrome#cite_note-31)
The term has been used by journalists critical of Trump to call for restraint.[\[4\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_derangement_syndrome#cite_note-ZakariaAvoid-4)[\[5\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_derangement_syndrome#cite_note-:0-5)[\[6\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_derangement_syndrome#cite_note-:1-6) Fareed Zakaria, who urged Americans to vote against Trump calling him a "cancer on [American democracy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politics_of_the_United_States "Politics of the United States")", argues that every Trump policy "cannot axiomatically be wrong, evil and dangerous".[\[4\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_derangement_syndrome#cite_note-ZakariaAvoid-4) [Adam Gopnik](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Gopnik "Adam Gopnik"), who takes a strong anti-Trump position, responded to these assertions that it is a "huge and even fatal mistake for liberals (and constitutional conservatives) to respond negatively to every Trump initiative, every Trump policy, and every Trump idea". Arguing that Trump's opponents must instead recognize that the real problem is "Deranged Trump Self-Delusion", Gopnik defined the "Syndrome" as President Trump's "daily spasm of narcissistic gratification and episodic vanity".[\[24\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_derangement_syndrome#cite_note-GopnikPersistence-24)
Trump and his top communication advisers, including current White House press secretary [Karoline Leavitt](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karoline_Leavitt "Karoline Leavitt") and communications director [Steven Cheung](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Cheung_\(political_advisor\) "Steven Cheung (political advisor)"), have repeatedly accused many critics of having a "severe case of Trump Derangement Syndrome". The phrase has also been used by Republican politicians and talk show hosts. Newsweek was also accused of suffering from TDS by Cheung. Democrats and others have contended that it is not a legitimate condition, and no clinical data supports its existence and that instead, it is a label used to dismiss criticism of him. Some point out that TDS may also apply to die-hard Trump supporters who defend him unquestioningly without any regard for facts or consequences.[\[32\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_derangement_syndrome#cite_note-:2-32)
### Examples of use
Senator [Rand Paul](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rand_Paul "Rand Paul") has cited the so-called syndrome several times. In a July 16, 2018, interview he said investigators should simply focus on election security and stop "accusing Trump of collusion with the Russians and all this craziness that's not true"—accusations which he said were entirely motivated by "Trump derangement syndrome".[\[33\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_derangement_syndrome#cite_note-33)
Trump used the term in a tweet following the [2018 Russia–United States Summit](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018_Russia%E2%80%93United_States_Summit "2018 Russia–United States Summit") in [Helsinki](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helsinki "Helsinki"): "Some people HATE the fact that I got along well with President [Putin](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Putin "Putin") of Russia. They would rather go to war than see this. It's called Trump Derangement Syndrome!"[\[34\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_derangement_syndrome#cite_note-34)[\[35\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_derangement_syndrome#cite_note-35) He also used it in a tweet about [Alan Dershowitz's](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Dershowitz "Alan Dershowitz") book *The Case Against Impeaching Trump*: ".@AlanDersh, a brilliant lawyer, who although a Liberal Democrat who probably didn't vote for me, has discussed the Witch Hunt with great clarity and in a very positive way. He has written a new and very important book called 'The Case Against Impeaching Trump', which I would encourage all people with Trump Derangement Syndrome to read!"[\[36\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_derangement_syndrome#cite_note-36)
In July 2018, [Jeanine Pirro](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeanine_Pirro "Jeanine Pirro") was a guest on *[The View](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_View_\(talk_show\) "The View (talk show)")* to promote her newly published book\[*[which?](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Avoid_weasel_words "Wikipedia:Avoid weasel words")*\]. While she was responding to a question about how the "[deep state](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_state_in_the_United_States "Deep state in the United States")" really works, she accused co-host [Whoopi Goldberg](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whoopi_Goldberg "Whoopi Goldberg") of suffering from Trump derangement syndrome.[\[37\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_derangement_syndrome#cite_note-37) That same month, [Eric Zorn](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Zorn "Eric Zorn") wrote in the *[Chicago Tribune](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_Tribune "Chicago Tribune")* that the syndrome afflicts Trump's supporters more than his critics, as "what Team Trump is calling derangement is, in most cases, rational concern about his behavior and the direction he's taking the country.... The true Trump Derangement Syndrome loose on the land is the delusion suffered by those who still think he's going to make this country a better place for average people."[\[3\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_derangement_syndrome#cite_note-Zorn_7/31/2018-3)
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[Sarah Huckabee Sanders](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Huckabee_Sanders "Sarah Huckabee Sanders"), White House Press Secretary in the first Trump administration, made use of the term online.
In August 2018, Trump [White House Press Secretary](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_House_Press_Secretary "White House Press Secretary") [Sarah Huckabee Sanders](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Huckabee_Sanders "Sarah Huckabee Sanders") used the term in a tweet: "Trump Derangement Syndrome is becoming a major epidemic among Democrats. Instead of freaking out about the booming Trump economy why not celebrate it?"[\[38\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_derangement_syndrome#cite_note-38)
In September 2018, Fox News personality and Trump supporter [Sean Hannity](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sean_Hannity "Sean Hannity") criticized *[The Washington Post](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Washington_Post "The Washington Post")* as having Trump derangement syndrome for stating in an editorial that Trump, because of his attitude toward [climate change](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Climate_change "Climate change"), is "complicit" in hurricanes battering the United States;[\[39\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_derangement_syndrome#cite_note-insider.foxnews.com-39)[\[40\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_derangement_syndrome#cite_note-40) Hannity said, "it is now a full-blown [psychosis](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychosis "Psychosis"), it is a psychological level of unhingement I have never seen."[\[39\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_derangement_syndrome#cite_note-insider.foxnews.com-39)
In March 2019, [Bill Maher](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Maher "Bill Maher") on *[Real Time with Bill Maher](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Real_Time_with_Bill_Maher "Real Time with Bill Maher")* noted that while most statements by Trump were worthy of contempt, on occasions he had made perfectly sensible comments which were pilloried without justification. A case in point was Trump's criticism of the [overengineering](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overengineering "Overengineering") which led to the [Boeing 737 MAX](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_737_MAX "Boeing 737 MAX") crashes and his preference for products to be simpler to use, which some commentators interpreted as evidence of conservative leanings.[\[41\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_derangement_syndrome#cite_note-41)
In August 2019, [Anthony Scaramucci](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Scaramucci "Anthony Scaramucci"), Trump's former [White House Communications Director](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_House_Communications_Director "White House Communications Director"), said in interviews with *[Vanity Fair](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanity_Fair_\(magazine\) "Vanity Fair (magazine)")* and [CNN](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CNN "CNN") that he had "Trump fatigue syndrome" instead of Trump derangement syndrome.[\[42\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_derangement_syndrome#cite_note-42)[\[43\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_derangement_syndrome#cite_note-43)
In September 2019, Sean Hannity characterized as "Trump derangement syndrome" the continuing press coverage of Trump's [days-long insistence](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Dorian%E2%80%93Alabama_controversy "Hurricane Dorian–Alabama controversy") that he was correct to state on September 1 that [Hurricane Dorian](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_or_misleading_statements_by_Donald_Trump#Hurricane_Dorian "False or misleading statements by Donald Trump") posed a danger to [Alabama](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alabama "Alabama"), asserting "pretty much every newsroom in America screwed this up and lied to you", adding there were "a lot of psychotic jackasses in the media mob".[\[44\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_derangement_syndrome#cite_note-44)
The term resurfaced in 2024 concerning reactions to Trump's [2024 presidential campaign](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_2024_presidential_campaign "Donald Trump 2024 presidential campaign") and eventual [defeat](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_United_States_presidential_election "2024 United States presidential election") of Vice President [Kamala Harris](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamala_Harris "Kamala Harris"). In October 2024, Bill Maher, expressing his concerns regarding a second Trump term stated, "It's not deranged to fear this! It's not deranged to find this alarming!"[\[45\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_derangement_syndrome#cite_note-Maher-45) A House Democrat stated following the election that the [Democratic Party](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Party_\(United_States\) "Democratic Party (United States)") needed to "get past this idea they call 'Trump Derangement Syndrome'".[\[46\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_derangement_syndrome#cite_note-Clawing-46)
In October 2024, Trump dismissed his former chief of staff [John F. Kelly](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_F._Kelly "John F. Kelly") as having TDS after he [branded the president a fascist](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_and_fascism "Donald Trump and fascism") and made damaging claims about his views of [Adolf Hitler](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolf_Hitler "Adolf Hitler").[\[18\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_derangement_syndrome#cite_note-:3-18)
In February 2025, [Elon Musk](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elon_Musk "Elon Musk") revived the term and told Fox News host Sean Hannity he used to be "adored by the left" until they were infected with TDS. He added that when he mentioned the president's name at a dinner party before his return to the White House, "it was like they got shot with a dart in the jugular that contained like methamphetamine and rabies".[\[18\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_derangement_syndrome#cite_note-:3-18)
During the [Signalgate](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Signalgate "Signalgate") scandal, Trump angrily criticized U.S. District Judge [James Boasberg](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Boasberg "James Boasberg"), calling him "disgraceful" and accused him of suffering from a "MASSIVE" Trump derangement syndrome, among other things, after the judge was assigned to oversee the case involving the chats which according to him is statistically impossible.[\[47\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_derangement_syndrome#cite_note-TODF_1-47)[\[48\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_derangement_syndrome#cite_note-48)
Trump severely criticized four "disloyal" Republican Senators [Mitch McConnell](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitch_McConnell "Mitch McConnell"), [Susan Collins](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_Collins "Susan Collins"), [Lisa Murkowski](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisa_Murkowski "Lisa Murkowski"), and [Rand Paul](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rand_Paul "Rand Paul") who indicated they will join Democrats in voting for a joint resolution to end the national emergency declared by him to undo [Trump tariffs](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tariffs_in_the_second_Trump_administration "Tariffs in the second Trump administration") on Canada, calling them "extremely difficult" and implored them to "get on the Republican bandwagon" and remain loyal to their party. He so wrote, "Why are they allowing [Fentanyl](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fentanyl "Fentanyl") to pour into our Country unchecked, and without penalty. What is wrong with them, other than suffering from Trump Derangement Syndrome, commonly known as TDS?" in the overnight [Truth Social](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truth_Social "Truth Social") post.[\[49\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_derangement_syndrome#cite_note-49)
In June 2025, during the height of [Trump's feud](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump%E2%80%93Musk_feud "Trump–Musk feud") with his ex-[DOGE](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Department_of_Government_Efficiency "Department of Government Efficiency") chief, Elon Musk, Trump suggested that Musk "is suffering from 'Trump derangement syndrome.'"[\[50\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_derangement_syndrome#cite_note-50)
In December 2025, following the [killing of Rob and Michele Reiner](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Rob_and_Michele_Reiner "Killing of Rob and Michele Reiner"), Trump suggested in a Truth Social post that [Rob Reiner](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rob_Reiner "Rob Reiner")'s death was caused by anger toward his "Trump derangement syndrome". The post triggered bipartisan backlash.[\[51\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_derangement_syndrome#cite_note-51)
On April 2, 2026, two days following the first show of [Bruce Springsteen](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Springsteen "Bruce Springsteen") and the [E Street Band](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E_Street_Band "E Street Band")'s [Land of Hope and Dreams American Tour](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Land_of_Hope_and_Dreams_American_Tour "Land of Hope and Dreams American Tour"), a tour Springsteen launched in response to Trump, the president took to [Truth Social](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truth_Social "Truth Social") to heavily criticize the musician by saying that he looked like a "dried up prune who has suffered greatly from the work of a really bad plastic surgeon, has long had a horrible and incurable case of Trump Derangement Syndrom, sometimes referred to as TDS". He also urged his supporters to boycott Springsteen's concerts.[\[52\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_derangement_syndrome#cite_note-52)[\[53\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_derangement_syndrome#cite_note-53)
### Proposed laws
A group of [Minnesota Senate Republicans](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minnesota_Senate_Republican_Caucus "Minnesota Senate Republican Caucus") introduced a bill[\[54\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_derangement_syndrome#cite_note-54) in March 2025 that seeks to classify "Trump Derangement Syndrome" as a mental illness and incorporate it into the state's legal definition through amended statutes.[\[32\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_derangement_syndrome#cite_note-:2-32) The bill has proposed that the "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" which should be recognized in legal and medical contexts.[\[55\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_derangement_syndrome#cite_note-55)[\[18\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_derangement_syndrome#cite_note-:3-18) The bill also states that the symptoms may include "Trump-induced general hysteria, which produces an inability to distinguish between legitimate policy differences and signs of psychic pathology in President Donald Trump's behavior" which can manifest as "intense verbal hostility toward Trump" and "overt acts of aggression and violence" towards Trump and [MAGA](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Make_America_Great_Again "Make America Great Again") supporters.[\[32\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_derangement_syndrome#cite_note-:2-32)[\[18\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_derangement_syndrome#cite_note-:3-18) The Minnesota bill uses the same wording that Krauthammer used to describe Bush derangement syndrome.[\[18\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_derangement_syndrome#cite_note-:3-18)
U.S. Representative [Warren Davidson](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warren_Davidson "Warren Davidson") of Ohio introduced a bill in May 2025 that would require the [National Institutes of Health](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Institutes_of_Health "National Institutes of Health") to study Trump derangement syndrome and report annually to Congress. Davidson said "TDS has divided families, the country, and led to nationwide violence—including two assassination attempts on President Trump. The TDS Research Act would require the NIH to study this toxic state of mind, so we can understand the root cause and identify solutions."[\[56\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_derangement_syndrome#cite_note-56)
## See also
- [Ad hominem](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ad_hominem "Ad hominem")
- [Goldwater rule](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goldwater_rule#Donald_Trump "Goldwater rule")
- [Political abuse of psychiatry](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_abuse_of_psychiatry "Political abuse of psychiatry")
- [Sluggish schizophrenia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sluggish_schizophrenia "Sluggish schizophrenia")
- [Trumpism](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trumpism "Trumpism")
- [Woke mind virus](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woke_mind_virus "Woke mind virus"), a phrase popularized by [Elon Musk](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elon_Musk "Elon Musk")[\[57\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_derangement_syndrome#cite_note-57)
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- Barro, Josh; White, Ken (October 6, 2021). ["Trump Derangement Syndrome with David Lat"](https://www.kcrw.com/news/shows/lrc-presents-all-the-presidents-lawyers/trump-derangement-syndrome-david-lat). *[KCRW.com](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KCRW.com "KCRW.com")*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20211124125701/https://www.kcrw.com/news/shows/lrc-presents-all-the-presidents-lawyers/trump-derangement-syndrome-david-lat) from the original on November 24, 2021. Retrieved June 15, 2022.
- Mandaville, Lynn; Young, David (2019). ["One Small Voice: It's GOP that has Trump Derangement Syndrome"](https://townbroadcast.com/?p=31602). *TownBroadcast.com*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20220622003748/https://townbroadcast.com/?p=31602) from the original on June 22, 2022. Retrieved June 15, 2022.
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10. **[^](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_derangement_syndrome#cite_ref-DavisSyndrome_10-0)**
Davis, Michael (March 26, 2016). ["Trump Derangement Syndrome"](https://www.spectator.co.uk/2016/03/trump-derangement-syndrome/). *[The Spectator](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Spectator "The Spectator")*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20210308140517/https://www.spectator.co.uk/2016/03/trump-derangement-syndrome/) from the original on March 8, 2021. Retrieved May 22, 2018.
11. **[^](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_derangement_syndrome#cite_ref-CostPresidency_11-0)**
Cost, Jay (December 4, 2017). ["Taming the Imperial Presidency"](https://www.nationalreview.com/2017/12/united-states-constitution-congress-legislative-authority-tame-imperial-presidency/). *[National Review](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Review "National Review")*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20210308143635/https://www.nationalreview.com/2017/12/united-states-constitution-congress-legislative-authority-tame-imperial-presidency/) from the original on March 8, 2021. Retrieved May 22, 2018.
12. **[^](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_derangement_syndrome#cite_ref-KrauthammerBush_12-0)**
[Krauthammer, Charles](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Krauthammer "Charles Krauthammer") (December 5, 2003). ["The Delusional Dean"](https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/opinions/2003/12/05/the-delusional-dean/cbc80426-08ee-40fd-97e5-19da55fdc821/). *[The Washington Post](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Washington_Post "The Washington Post")*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20210212172010/https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/opinions/2003/12/05/the-delusional-dean/cbc80426-08ee-40fd-97e5-19da55fdc821/) from the original on February 12, 2021. Retrieved May 22, 2018.
13. ^ [***a***](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_derangement_syndrome#cite_ref-KrauthammerPost_13-0) [***b***](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_derangement_syndrome#cite_ref-KrauthammerPost_13-1)
[Krauthammer, Charles](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Krauthammer "Charles Krauthammer") (June 9, 2017). ["You can't govern by ID"](https://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2017/06/you_cant_govern_by_id_charles.html). *[The Oregonian](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Oregonian "The Oregonian")*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20180702064519/https://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2017/06/you_cant_govern_by_id_charles.html) from the original on July 2, 2018. Retrieved May 22, 2018. "What distinguishes Trump Derangement Syndrome is not just general [hysteria](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hysteria "Hysteria") about the subject, but additionally the inability to distinguish between legitimate policy differences on the one hand and signs of psychic pathology on the other."
14. **[^](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_derangement_syndrome#cite_ref-14)**
["Some On Right Fear 'Obama Derangement Syndrome'"](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/some-on-right-fear-obama-derangement-syndrome/). *[cbsnews.com](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cbsnews.com "Cbsnews.com")*. April 4, 2009. Retrieved October 6, 2025.
15. **[^](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_derangement_syndrome#cite_ref-15)**
[Horowitz, David](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Horowitz "David Horowitz") (December 8, 2008). ["Get over Obama derangement syndrome"](https://www.politico.com/story/2008/12/get-over-obama-derangement-syndrome-016306). *[Politico](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politico "Politico")*. Retrieved October 6, 2025.
16. **[^](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_derangement_syndrome#cite_ref-16)**
[Klein, Ezra](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ezra_Klein "Ezra Klein") (February 23, 2015). ["Obama Derangement Syndrome"](https://web.archive.org/web/20150224010756/https://www.vox.com/2015/2/23/8089639/obama-derangement-syndrome). *[Vox (website)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vox_\(website\) "Vox (website)")*. Archived from [the original](https://www.vox.com/2015/2/23/8089639/obama-derangement-syndrome) on February 24, 2015. Retrieved October 6, 2025.
17. **[^](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_derangement_syndrome#cite_ref-17)**
Goldberg, Esther (August 17, 2015). ["Trump Derangement Syndrome"](https://spectator.org/63786_trump-derangement-syndrome/). *[The American Spectator](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_American_Spectator "The American Spectator")*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20210224162657/https://spectator.org/63786_trump-derangement-syndrome/) from the original on February 24, 2021. Retrieved September 13, 2018.
18. ^ [***a***](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_derangement_syndrome#cite_ref-:3_18-0) [***b***](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_derangement_syndrome#cite_ref-:3_18-1) [***c***](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_derangement_syndrome#cite_ref-:3_18-2) [***d***](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_derangement_syndrome#cite_ref-:3_18-3) [***e***](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_derangement_syndrome#cite_ref-:3_18-4) [***f***](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_derangement_syndrome#cite_ref-:3_18-5)
["Republicans want to classify 'Trump Derangement Syndrome' as a mental illness"](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-derangement-syndrome-mental-illness-republicans-b2716396.html). *The Independent*. March 17, 2025. Retrieved March 17, 2025.
19. **[^](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_derangement_syndrome#cite_ref-19)**
Zakaria, Fareed (April 16, 2017). ["Fareed: Is 'Trump derangement syndrome' real?"](https://www.cnn.com/videos/us/2017/04/16/fareed-take-trump-derangement-syndrome.cnn). [CNN](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CNN "CNN"). [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20201105025513/https://www.cnn.com/videos/us/2017/04/16/fareed-take-trump-derangement-syndrome.cnn) from the original on November 5, 2020. Retrieved May 16, 2018.
20. **[^](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_derangement_syndrome#cite_ref-20)**
Stephens, Bret (February 26, 2017). ["Don't Dismiss President Trump's Attacks on the Media as Mere Stupidity"](https://time.com/4675860/donald-trump-fake-news-attacks/). *Time*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20210310235522/https://time.com/4675860/donald-trump-fake-news-attacks/) from the original on March 10, 2021. Retrieved July 30, 2018.
21. **[^](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_derangement_syndrome#cite_ref-21)**
[Avlon, John](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Avlon "John Avlon") (December 16, 2020). ["'Trump derangement syndrome' has taken on a new twist"](https://edition.cnn.com/videos/politics/2020/12/16/trump-derangement-syndrome-reality-check-avlon-newday-vpx.cnn). *CNN*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20220616185659/https://edition.cnn.com/videos/politics/2020/12/16/trump-derangement-syndrome-reality-check-avlon-newday-vpx.cnn) from the original on June 16, 2022. Retrieved December 18, 2020.
22. **[^](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_derangement_syndrome#cite_ref-22)**
John F. Harris (October 15, 2020). ["Trump Is Suffering From Trump Derangement Syndrome"](https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2020/10/15/trump-derangement-syndrome-429527). *Politico*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20221130222438/https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2020/10/15/trump-derangement-syndrome-429527) from the original on November 30, 2022. Retrieved June 9, 2021.
23. **[^](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_derangement_syndrome#cite_ref-TobinCoughlin_23-0)**
Tobin, Jonathan (May 4, 2018). ["Trump Isn't Father Coughlin"](https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/05/trump-isnt-father-coughlin/). *[National Review](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Review "National Review")*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20201109040837/https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/05/trump-isnt-father-coughlin/) from the original on November 9, 2020. Retrieved May 15, 2018.
24. ^ [***a***](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_derangement_syndrome#cite_ref-GopnikPersistence_24-0) [***b***](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_derangement_syndrome#cite_ref-GopnikPersistence_24-1)
Gopnik, Adam (April 21, 2017). ["The Persistence of Trump Derangement Syndrome"](https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/the-persistence-of-trump-derangement-syndrome). *[The New Yorker](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_Yorker "The New Yorker")*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20201112031712/https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/the-persistence-of-trump-derangement-syndrome) from the original on November 12, 2020. Retrieved May 23, 2018.
25. **[^](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_derangement_syndrome#cite_ref-25)**
Examples include:
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26. **[^](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_derangement_syndrome#cite_ref-26)**
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30. **[^](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_derangement_syndrome#cite_ref-30)**
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[Donald J. Trump \[@realDonaldTrump\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump "Donald Trump") (July 18, 2018). ["Some people HATE the fact that I got along well with President Putin of Russia. They would rather go to war than see this. It's called Trump Derangement Syndrome!"](https://web.archive.org/web/20210108123629/https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1019544304853966853) ([Tweet](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tweet_\(social_media\) "Tweet (social media)")). Archived from [the original](https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1019544304853966853) on January 8, 2021. Retrieved July 18, 2018 – via [Twitter](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twitter "Twitter").
36. **[^](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_derangement_syndrome#cite_ref-36)**
Donald J. Trump \[@realDonaldTrump\] (July 26, 2018). [".@AlanDersh, a brilliant lawyer, who although a Liberal Democrat who probably didn't vote for me, has discussed the Witch Hunt with great clarity and in a very positive way. He has written a new and very important book called 'The Case Against Impeaching Trump', which I would encourage all people with Trump Derangement Syndrome to read!"](https://web.archive.org/web/20201115173411/https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1022614707637772296) ([Tweet](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tweet_\(social_media\) "Tweet (social media)")). Archived from [the original](https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1022614707637772296) on November 15, 2020. Retrieved July 26, 2018 – via [Twitter](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twitter "Twitter").
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Flynn, Meagan (July 20, 2018). ["Whoopi vs. Judge Jeanine: 'Trump Derangement Syndrome' comment sparks yelling match on 'The View'"](https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2018/07/20/whoopi-vs-judge-jeanine-trump-derangement-syndrome-comment-sparks-yelling-match-on-the-view/). *The Washington Post*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20210218193851/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2018/07/20/whoopi-vs-judge-jeanine-trump-derangement-syndrome-comment-sparks-yelling-match-on-the-view/) from the original on February 18, 2021. Retrieved February 23, 2024.
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[Sarah Huckabee Sanders \[@PressSec45\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Huckabee_Sanders "Sarah Huckabee Sanders") (August 1, 2018). ["Trump Derangement Syndrome is becoming a major epidemic among Democrats. Instead of freaking out about the booming Trump economy why not celebrate it?"](https://twitter.com/PressSec45/status/1024859051145027584) ([Tweet](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tweet_\(social_media\) "Tweet (social media)")). Retrieved February 13, 2021 – via [Twitter](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twitter "Twitter").
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["Another hurricane is about to batter our coast. Trump is complicit"](https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/another-hurricane-is-about-to-batter-our-coast-trump-is-complicit/2018/09/11/ccaed766-b5fb-11e8-a7b5-adaaa5b2a57f_story.html). *The Washington Post*. September 11, 2018. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20201209181354/https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/another-hurricane-is-about-to-batter-our-coast-trump-is-complicit/2018/09/11/ccaed766-b5fb-11e8-a7b5-adaaa5b2a57f_story.html) from the original on December 9, 2020. Retrieved February 23, 2024.
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Maher, Bill \[@billmaher\] (March 22, 2019). ["Trump Derangement Syndrome isn't a real thing, so, on the rare occasion when Trump says something not stupid, don't act like you have Trump Derangement Syndrome"](https://twitter.com/billmaher/status/1109337313463525376) ([Tweet](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tweet_\(social_media\) "Tweet (social media)")). Retrieved February 23, 2024 – via [Twitter](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twitter "Twitter").
42. **[^](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_derangement_syndrome#cite_ref-42)**
Cohan, William D. (August 16, 2009). ["'Oh My God, This Jackass': The Mooch Explains Why He Thinks Trump Is 'Crazy', 'Narcissistic', and a 'Paper Tiger' Who Will Drop Out by March 2020"](https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2019/08/anthony-scaramucci-interview-trump). *[Vanity Fair](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanity_Fair_\(magazine\) "Vanity Fair (magazine)")*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20210306011459/https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2019/08/anthony-scaramucci-interview-trump) from the original on March 6, 2021. Retrieved October 3, 2019. "I don't have Trump derangement syndrome, but what I do have is Trump fatigue syndrome. It's a very different thing, okay? And I submit to you that the nation, my party members, all have Trump fatigue syndrome, okay?"
43. **[^](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_derangement_syndrome#cite_ref-43)**
["Transcripts: CNN Tonight: Anthony Scaramucci: President Trump Is Unstable and Getting Worse \[22:30:04\]"](https://transcripts.cnn.com/show/cnnt/date/2019-08-13/segment/01). *[CNN](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CNN "CNN")*. August 13, 2019. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20210224205450/http://edition.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/1908/13/cnnt.01.html) from the original on February 24, 2021. Retrieved October 3, 2019. "I'm not going to be a prop for people on the left. I'm my own person. I'm not a guy that has Trump derangement syndrome. But I think like most Americans, I have Trump fatigue syndrome."
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**Trump derangement syndrome** (**TDS**) is a [pejorative](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pejorative "Pejorative") term used to describe negative reactions to U.S. president [Donald Trump](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump "Donald Trump") that are characterized as [irrational](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irrational "Irrational") and disconnected from Trump's actual policy positions.[\[1\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_derangement_syndrome#cite_note-Cillizza-1) The term has mainly been used by Trump supporters to discredit criticism of him, as a way of [reframing](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Framing_\(social_sciences\) "Framing (social sciences)") the discussion by suggesting that his opponents are incapable of accurately perceiving the world.[\[2\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_derangement_syndrome#cite_note-Flaherty-2)[\[3\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_derangement_syndrome#cite_note-Zorn_7/31/2018-3) Some journalists have used the term to call for restraint when judging Trump's statements and actions.[\[4\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_derangement_syndrome#cite_note-ZakariaAvoid-4)[\[5\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_derangement_syndrome#cite_note-:0-5)[\[6\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_derangement_syndrome#cite_note-:1-6) The term has also come to be used to describe the nature of Trump supporters in their unwavering support of the president.[\[7\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_derangement_syndrome#cite_note-Harris_2020-7)[\[8\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_derangement_syndrome#cite_note-Yee_2019-8)[\[9\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_derangement_syndrome#cite_note-Examples-9)
Origin of the term
The origin of the term is traced to [Charles Krauthammer](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Krauthammer "Charles Krauthammer"), a conservative political columnist, commentator, and psychiatrist, who coined the phrase *[Bush derangement syndrome](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bush_derangement_syndrome "Bush derangement syndrome")* in 2003 during the [presidency of George W. Bush](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presidency_of_George_W._Bush "Presidency of George W. Bush"). That "syndrome" was defined by Krauthammer as "the acute onset of [paranoia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paranoia "Paranoia") in otherwise normal people in reaction to the policies, the presidency—nay—the very existence of George W. Bush".[\[10\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_derangement_syndrome#cite_note-DavisSyndrome-10)[\[11\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_derangement_syndrome#cite_note-CostPresidency-11)[\[12\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_derangement_syndrome#cite_note-KrauthammerBush-12)[\[13\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_derangement_syndrome#cite_note-KrauthammerPost-13)
Similarly, conservative activist [David Horowitz](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Horowitz "David Horowitz") used the phrase "Obama derangement syndrome" to compare "over-the-top hysteria" in the criticism offered by sections of the right-wing commentariat regarding [Barack Obama](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barack_Obama "Barack Obama") following the latter's [election](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_United_States_presidential_election "2008 United States presidential election") as [president](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presidency_of_Barack_Obama "Presidency of Barack Obama") to Bush derangement syndrome, citing comparisons of Obama to [Stalin](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stalin "Stalin"), [David Koresh](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Koresh "David Koresh"), [Charles Manson](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Manson "Charles Manson") and [Saddam Hussein](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saddam_Hussein "Saddam Hussein"), although Krauthammer disagreed with Horowitz's use of the phrase.[\[14\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_derangement_syndrome#cite_note-14) Horowitz particularly applied the phrase to those who advocated "[birtherist](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barack_Obama_citizenship_conspiracy_theories "Barack Obama citizenship conspiracy theories")" conspiracy theories that claimed Obama was not a native-born United States citizen.[\[15\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_derangement_syndrome#cite_note-15) [Ezra Klein](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ezra_Klein "Ezra Klein") has argued that whilst those accused of Bush derangement syndrome were inspired by opposition to Bush's policies, those accused of Obama Derangement Syndrome were driven by reactions to Obama as an individual, in particular his race and [Kenyan heritage](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barack_Obama_Sr. "Barack Obama Sr."), and a feeling among some conservatives that these made him un-American.[\[16\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_derangement_syndrome#cite_note-16)
The first use of the term *Trump derangement syndrome* may have been by Esther Goldberg in an August 2015 [op-ed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Op-ed "Op-ed") in *[The American Spectator](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_American_Spectator "The American Spectator")*; she applied the term to "Ruling Class Republicans" who are dismissive or contemptuous of Trump.[\[17\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_derangement_syndrome#cite_note-17) Krauthammer, in an op-ed commented that—in addition to general hysteria about Trump—the "Trump Derangement Syndrome" was the "inability to distinguish between legitimate policy differences and ... signs of psychic pathology".[\[13\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_derangement_syndrome#cite_note-KrauthammerPost-13)
According to *[The Independent](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Independent "The Independent")*, "the highly-politicized term" was coined to dismiss criticism of Trump in his first term as liberal [hysteria](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hysteria "Hysteria"), suggesting that people abandon all logic and reason due to their dislike of the president.[\[18\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_derangement_syndrome#cite_note-:3-18)
Definition
[Fareed Zakaria](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fareed_Zakaria "Fareed Zakaria") defined the term as "hatred of President Trump so intense that it impairs people's judgment".[\[4\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_derangement_syndrome#cite_note-ZakariaAvoid-4)[\[19\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_derangement_syndrome#cite_note-19) CNN's [editor-at-large](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Editor-at-large "Editor-at-large") [Chris Cillizza](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Cillizza "Chris Cillizza") called TDS "the preferred [nomenclature](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nomenclature "Nomenclature") of Trump defenders who view those who oppose him and his policies as nothing more than the blind hatred of those who preach tolerance and free speech".[\[1\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_derangement_syndrome#cite_note-Cillizza-1) Pointing to previous allegations of [Bush derangement syndrome](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bush_derangement_syndrome "Bush derangement syndrome") and Obama derangement syndrome, Cillizza suggested, "Viewed more broadly, the rise of presidential derangement syndromes is a function of increased polarization—not to mention our national self-sorting—at work in the country today."[\[1\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_derangement_syndrome#cite_note-Cillizza-1) [Bret Stephens](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bret_Stephens "Bret Stephens") has described the term as something used by conservative groups whenever someone speaks out critically against Trump, regardless of political affiliation.[\[20\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_derangement_syndrome#cite_note-20)
CNN political analyst [John Avlon](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Avlon "John Avlon") uses the term in a more generalized sense inclusive of positive emotions as well as hatred towards Trump, so that for example, TDS accounts for [denialism](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Election_denial_movement_in_the_United_States "Election denial movement in the United States") about Trump's defeat in the 2020 election, as a "political diagnosis" of people who "simply can't accept the fact that he lost the election".[\[21\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_derangement_syndrome#cite_note-21) This new definition derogatorily describing the nature of Trump supporters rather than his deriders has been picked up by others and widely used.[\[7\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_derangement_syndrome#cite_note-Harris_2020-7)[\[8\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_derangement_syndrome#cite_note-Yee_2019-8)[\[9\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_derangement_syndrome#cite_note-Examples-9)
*[Politico](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politico "Politico")* co-founder [John Harris](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_F._Harris "John F. Harris") wrote that TDS is related to [gaslighting](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaslighting "Gaslighting"), "another psychological concept in vogue in the Trump era".[\[22\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_derangement_syndrome#cite_note-22)
Usage
[](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Trump_Truth_Social_Post_December_15_2025.png)
Following the death of [Rob Reiner](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rob_Reiner "Rob Reiner") in 2025, Trump suggested he died for having Trump derangement syndrome and described it as a "mind crippling disease"
The term has been widely applied by pro-Trump writers to critics of Trump, accusing them of responding negatively to a wide range of Trump's statements and actions.[\[23\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_derangement_syndrome#cite_note-TobinCoughlin-23)[\[24\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_derangement_syndrome#cite_note-GopnikPersistence-24)[\[25\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_derangement_syndrome#cite_note-25)
The use of the term has been called part of a broader [GOP](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GOP "GOP") strategy to discredit criticisms of Trump's actions, as a way of "reframing" the discussion by suggesting his political opponents are incapable of accurately perceiving the world. However, according to [Kathleen Hall Jamieson](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kathleen_Hall_Jamieson "Kathleen Hall Jamieson") of [Annenberg Public Policy Center](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annenberg_Public_Policy_Center "Annenberg Public Policy Center"), the term could backfire on Trump supporters because people might interpret it to mean that Trump is the one who is "deranged", rather than those who criticize him.[\[2\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_derangement_syndrome#cite_note-Flaherty-2) Some Trump supporters have asserted that he plays a form of "multi-dimensional chess" on a mental level his critics cannot comprehend, which they say explains why critics are frustrated and confused by Trump's words and actions.[\[26\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_derangement_syndrome#cite_note-26)[\[27\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_derangement_syndrome#cite_note-27)[\[28\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_derangement_syndrome#cite_note-28)[\[29\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_derangement_syndrome#cite_note-29) [Fox News](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fox_News "Fox News") anchor [Bret Baier](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bret_Baier "Bret Baier") and former [Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speaker_of_the_U.S._House_of_Representatives "Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives") [Paul Ryan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Ryan "Paul Ryan") have characterized Trump as a "[troll](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_troll "Internet troll")" who makes controversial statements to see his adversaries' "heads explode".[\[30\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_derangement_syndrome#cite_note-30)[\[31\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_derangement_syndrome#cite_note-31)
The term has been used by journalists critical of Trump to call for restraint.[\[4\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_derangement_syndrome#cite_note-ZakariaAvoid-4)[\[5\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_derangement_syndrome#cite_note-:0-5)[\[6\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_derangement_syndrome#cite_note-:1-6) Fareed Zakaria, who urged Americans to vote against Trump calling him a "cancer on [American democracy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politics_of_the_United_States "Politics of the United States")", argues that every Trump policy "cannot axiomatically be wrong, evil and dangerous".[\[4\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_derangement_syndrome#cite_note-ZakariaAvoid-4) [Adam Gopnik](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Gopnik "Adam Gopnik"), who takes a strong anti-Trump position, responded to these assertions that it is a "huge and even fatal mistake for liberals (and constitutional conservatives) to respond negatively to every Trump initiative, every Trump policy, and every Trump idea". Arguing that Trump's opponents must instead recognize that the real problem is "Deranged Trump Self-Delusion", Gopnik defined the "Syndrome" as President Trump's "daily spasm of narcissistic gratification and episodic vanity".[\[24\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_derangement_syndrome#cite_note-GopnikPersistence-24)
Trump and his top communication advisers, including current White House press secretary [Karoline Leavitt](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karoline_Leavitt "Karoline Leavitt") and communications director [Steven Cheung](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Cheung_\(political_advisor\) "Steven Cheung (political advisor)"), have repeatedly accused many critics of having a "severe case of Trump Derangement Syndrome". The phrase has also been used by Republican politicians and talk show hosts. Newsweek was also accused of suffering from TDS by Cheung. Democrats and others have contended that it is not a legitimate condition, and no clinical data supports its existence and that instead, it is a label used to dismiss criticism of him. Some point out that TDS may also apply to die-hard Trump supporters who defend him unquestioningly without any regard for facts or consequences.[\[32\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_derangement_syndrome#cite_note-:2-32)
Examples of use
Senator [Rand Paul](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rand_Paul "Rand Paul") has cited the so-called syndrome several times. In a July 16, 2018, interview he said investigators should simply focus on election security and stop "accusing Trump of collusion with the Russians and all this craziness that's not true"—accusations which he said were entirely motivated by "Trump derangement syndrome".[\[33\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_derangement_syndrome#cite_note-33)
Trump used the term in a tweet following the [2018 Russia–United States Summit](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018_Russia%E2%80%93United_States_Summit "2018 Russia–United States Summit") in [Helsinki](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helsinki "Helsinki"): "Some people HATE the fact that I got along well with President [Putin](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Putin "Putin") of Russia. They would rather go to war than see this. It's called Trump Derangement Syndrome!"[\[34\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_derangement_syndrome#cite_note-34)[\[35\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_derangement_syndrome#cite_note-35) He also used it in a tweet about [Alan Dershowitz's](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Dershowitz "Alan Dershowitz") book *The Case Against Impeaching Trump*: ".@AlanDersh, a brilliant lawyer, who although a Liberal Democrat who probably didn't vote for me, has discussed the Witch Hunt with great clarity and in a very positive way. He has written a new and very important book called 'The Case Against Impeaching Trump', which I would encourage all people with Trump Derangement Syndrome to read!"[\[36\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_derangement_syndrome#cite_note-36)
In July 2018, [Jeanine Pirro](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeanine_Pirro "Jeanine Pirro") was a guest on *[The View](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_View_\(talk_show\) "The View (talk show)")* to promote her newly published book\[*[which?](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Avoid_weasel_words "Wikipedia:Avoid weasel words")*\]. While she was responding to a question about how the "[deep state](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_state_in_the_United_States "Deep state in the United States")" really works, she accused co-host [Whoopi Goldberg](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whoopi_Goldberg "Whoopi Goldberg") of suffering from Trump derangement syndrome.[\[37\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_derangement_syndrome#cite_note-37) That same month, [Eric Zorn](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Zorn "Eric Zorn") wrote in the *[Chicago Tribune](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_Tribune "Chicago Tribune")* that the syndrome afflicts Trump's supporters more than his critics, as "what Team Trump is calling derangement is, in most cases, rational concern about his behavior and the direction he's taking the country.... The true Trump Derangement Syndrome loose on the land is the delusion suffered by those who still think he's going to make this country a better place for average people."[\[3\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_derangement_syndrome#cite_note-Zorn_7/31/2018-3)
[](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Sarah_Sanders_\(49290694121\).jpg)
[Sarah Huckabee Sanders](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Huckabee_Sanders "Sarah Huckabee Sanders"), White House Press Secretary in the first Trump administration, made use of the term online.
In August 2018, Trump [White House Press Secretary](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_House_Press_Secretary "White House Press Secretary") [Sarah Huckabee Sanders](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Huckabee_Sanders "Sarah Huckabee Sanders") used the term in a tweet: "Trump Derangement Syndrome is becoming a major epidemic among Democrats. Instead of freaking out about the booming Trump economy why not celebrate it?"[\[38\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_derangement_syndrome#cite_note-38)
In September 2018, Fox News personality and Trump supporter [Sean Hannity](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sean_Hannity "Sean Hannity") criticized *[The Washington Post](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Washington_Post "The Washington Post")* as having Trump derangement syndrome for stating in an editorial that Trump, because of his attitude toward [climate change](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Climate_change "Climate change"), is "complicit" in hurricanes battering the United States;[\[39\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_derangement_syndrome#cite_note-insider.foxnews.com-39)[\[40\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_derangement_syndrome#cite_note-40) Hannity said, "it is now a full-blown [psychosis](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychosis "Psychosis"), it is a psychological level of unhingement I have never seen."[\[39\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_derangement_syndrome#cite_note-insider.foxnews.com-39)
In March 2019, [Bill Maher](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Maher "Bill Maher") on *[Real Time with Bill Maher](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Real_Time_with_Bill_Maher "Real Time with Bill Maher")* noted that while most statements by Trump were worthy of contempt, on occasions he had made perfectly sensible comments which were pilloried without justification. A case in point was Trump's criticism of the [overengineering](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overengineering "Overengineering") which led to the [Boeing 737 MAX](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_737_MAX "Boeing 737 MAX") crashes and his preference for products to be simpler to use, which some commentators interpreted as evidence of conservative leanings.[\[41\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_derangement_syndrome#cite_note-41)
In August 2019, [Anthony Scaramucci](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Scaramucci "Anthony Scaramucci"), Trump's former [White House Communications Director](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_House_Communications_Director "White House Communications Director"), said in interviews with *[Vanity Fair](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanity_Fair_\(magazine\) "Vanity Fair (magazine)")* and [CNN](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CNN "CNN") that he had "Trump fatigue syndrome" instead of Trump derangement syndrome.[\[42\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_derangement_syndrome#cite_note-42)[\[43\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_derangement_syndrome#cite_note-43)
In September 2019, Sean Hannity characterized as "Trump derangement syndrome" the continuing press coverage of Trump's [days-long insistence](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Dorian%E2%80%93Alabama_controversy "Hurricane Dorian–Alabama controversy") that he was correct to state on September 1 that [Hurricane Dorian](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_or_misleading_statements_by_Donald_Trump#Hurricane_Dorian "False or misleading statements by Donald Trump") posed a danger to [Alabama](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alabama "Alabama"), asserting "pretty much every newsroom in America screwed this up and lied to you", adding there were "a lot of psychotic jackasses in the media mob".[\[44\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_derangement_syndrome#cite_note-44)
The term resurfaced in 2024 concerning reactions to Trump's [2024 presidential campaign](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_2024_presidential_campaign "Donald Trump 2024 presidential campaign") and eventual [defeat](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_United_States_presidential_election "2024 United States presidential election") of Vice President [Kamala Harris](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamala_Harris "Kamala Harris"). In October 2024, Bill Maher, expressing his concerns regarding a second Trump term stated, "It's not deranged to fear this! It's not deranged to find this alarming!"[\[45\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_derangement_syndrome#cite_note-Maher-45) A House Democrat stated following the election that the [Democratic Party](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Party_\(United_States\) "Democratic Party (United States)") needed to "get past this idea they call 'Trump Derangement Syndrome'".[\[46\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_derangement_syndrome#cite_note-Clawing-46)
In October 2024, Trump dismissed his former chief of staff [John F. Kelly](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_F._Kelly "John F. Kelly") as having TDS after he [branded the president a fascist](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_and_fascism "Donald Trump and fascism") and made damaging claims about his views of [Adolf Hitler](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolf_Hitler "Adolf Hitler").[\[18\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_derangement_syndrome#cite_note-:3-18)
In February 2025, [Elon Musk](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elon_Musk "Elon Musk") revived the term and told Fox News host Sean Hannity he used to be "adored by the left" until they were infected with TDS. He added that when he mentioned the president's name at a dinner party before his return to the White House, "it was like they got shot with a dart in the jugular that contained like methamphetamine and rabies".[\[18\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_derangement_syndrome#cite_note-:3-18)
During the [Signalgate](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Signalgate "Signalgate") scandal, Trump angrily criticized U.S. District Judge [James Boasberg](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Boasberg "James Boasberg"), calling him "disgraceful" and accused him of suffering from a "MASSIVE" Trump derangement syndrome, among other things, after the judge was assigned to oversee the case involving the chats which according to him is statistically impossible.[\[47\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_derangement_syndrome#cite_note-TODF_1-47)[\[48\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_derangement_syndrome#cite_note-48)
Trump severely criticized four "disloyal" Republican Senators [Mitch McConnell](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitch_McConnell "Mitch McConnell"), [Susan Collins](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_Collins "Susan Collins"), [Lisa Murkowski](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisa_Murkowski "Lisa Murkowski"), and [Rand Paul](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rand_Paul "Rand Paul") who indicated they will join Democrats in voting for a joint resolution to end the national emergency declared by him to undo [Trump tariffs](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tariffs_in_the_second_Trump_administration "Tariffs in the second Trump administration") on Canada, calling them "extremely difficult" and implored them to "get on the Republican bandwagon" and remain loyal to their party. He so wrote, "Why are they allowing [Fentanyl](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fentanyl "Fentanyl") to pour into our Country unchecked, and without penalty. What is wrong with them, other than suffering from Trump Derangement Syndrome, commonly known as TDS?" in the overnight [Truth Social](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truth_Social "Truth Social") post.[\[49\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_derangement_syndrome#cite_note-49)
In June 2025, during the height of [Trump's feud](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump%E2%80%93Musk_feud "Trump–Musk feud") with his ex-[DOGE](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Department_of_Government_Efficiency "Department of Government Efficiency") chief, Elon Musk, Trump suggested that Musk "is suffering from 'Trump derangement syndrome.'"[\[50\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_derangement_syndrome#cite_note-50)
In December 2025, following the [killing of Rob and Michele Reiner](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Rob_and_Michele_Reiner "Killing of Rob and Michele Reiner"), Trump suggested in a Truth Social post that [Rob Reiner](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rob_Reiner "Rob Reiner")'s death was caused by anger toward his "Trump derangement syndrome". The post triggered bipartisan backlash.[\[51\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_derangement_syndrome#cite_note-51)
On April 2, 2026, two days following the first show of [Bruce Springsteen](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Springsteen "Bruce Springsteen") and the [E Street Band](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E_Street_Band "E Street Band")'s [Land of Hope and Dreams American Tour](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Land_of_Hope_and_Dreams_American_Tour "Land of Hope and Dreams American Tour"), a tour Springsteen launched in response to Trump, the president took to [Truth Social](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truth_Social "Truth Social") to heavily criticize the musician by saying that he looked like a "dried up prune who has suffered greatly from the work of a really bad plastic surgeon, has long had a horrible and incurable case of Trump Derangement Syndrom, sometimes referred to as TDS". He also urged his supporters to boycott Springsteen's concerts.[\[52\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_derangement_syndrome#cite_note-52)[\[53\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_derangement_syndrome#cite_note-53)
Proposed laws
A group of [Minnesota Senate Republicans](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minnesota_Senate_Republican_Caucus "Minnesota Senate Republican Caucus") introduced a bill[\[54\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_derangement_syndrome#cite_note-54) in March 2025 that seeks to classify "Trump Derangement Syndrome" as a mental illness and incorporate it into the state's legal definition through amended statutes.[\[32\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_derangement_syndrome#cite_note-:2-32) The bill has proposed that the "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" which should be recognized in legal and medical contexts.[\[55\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_derangement_syndrome#cite_note-55)[\[18\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_derangement_syndrome#cite_note-:3-18) The bill also states that the symptoms may include "Trump-induced general hysteria, which produces an inability to distinguish between legitimate policy differences and signs of psychic pathology in President Donald Trump's behavior" which can manifest as "intense verbal hostility toward Trump" and "overt acts of aggression and violence" towards Trump and [MAGA](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Make_America_Great_Again "Make America Great Again") supporters.[\[32\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_derangement_syndrome#cite_note-:2-32)[\[18\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_derangement_syndrome#cite_note-:3-18) The Minnesota bill uses the same wording that Krauthammer used to describe Bush derangement syndrome.[\[18\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_derangement_syndrome#cite_note-:3-18)
U.S. Representative [Warren Davidson](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warren_Davidson "Warren Davidson") of Ohio introduced a bill in May 2025 that would require the [National Institutes of Health](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Institutes_of_Health "National Institutes of Health") to study Trump derangement syndrome and report annually to Congress. Davidson said "TDS has divided families, the country, and led to nationwide violence—including two assassination attempts on President Trump. The TDS Research Act would require the NIH to study this toxic state of mind, so we can understand the root cause and identify solutions."[\[56\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_derangement_syndrome#cite_note-56)
See also
- [Ad hominem](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ad_hominem "Ad hominem")
- [Goldwater rule](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goldwater_rule#Donald_Trump "Goldwater rule")
- [Political abuse of psychiatry](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_abuse_of_psychiatry "Political abuse of psychiatry")
- [Sluggish schizophrenia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sluggish_schizophrenia "Sluggish schizophrenia")
- [Trumpism](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trumpism "Trumpism")
- [Woke mind virus](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woke_mind_virus "Woke mind virus"), a phrase popularized by [Elon Musk](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elon_Musk "Elon Musk")[\[57\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_derangement_syndrome#cite_note-57)
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7. ^ [***a***](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_derangement_syndrome#cite_ref-Harris_2020_7-0) [***b***](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_derangement_syndrome#cite_ref-Harris_2020_7-1)
Harris, John (October 15, 2020). ["Trump Is Suffering From Trump Derangement Syndrome"](https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2020/10/15/trump-derangement-syndrome-429527). *[Politico](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politico "Politico")*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20221130222438/https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2020/10/15/trump-derangement-syndrome-429527) from the original on November 30, 2022. Retrieved June 15, 2022.
8. ^ [***a***](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_derangement_syndrome#cite_ref-Yee_2019_8-0) [***b***](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_derangement_syndrome#cite_ref-Yee_2019_8-1)
Yee, Lawrence (September 20, 2019). ["Bill Maher Offers New Definition of 'Trump Derangement Syndrome'"](https://www.thewrap.com/bill-maher-trump-derangement-syndrome-definition/). *[TheWrap](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TheWrap "TheWrap")*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20220422193406/https://www.thewrap.com/bill-maher-trump-derangement-syndrome-definition/) from the original on April 22, 2022. Retrieved June 15, 2022.
9. ^ [***a***](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_derangement_syndrome#cite_ref-Examples_9-0) [***b***](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_derangement_syndrome#cite_ref-Examples_9-1)
Examples include:
- Mills, Thomas (October 14, 2019). ["The real Trump Derangement Syndrome"](https://www.politicsnc.com/the-real-trump-derangement-syndrome/). *PoliticsNC.com*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20201125032429/https://www.politicsnc.com/the-real-trump-derangement-syndrome/) from the original on November 25, 2020. Retrieved June 15, 2022.
- [John, Pavlovitz](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Pavlovitz "John Pavlovitz") (June 17, 2019). ["Trump Derangement Syndrome Is Real. Trump and His Supporters Have It"](https://johnpavlovitz.com/2019/06/17/trump-derangement-syndrome-is-real-trump-has-it/). *JohnPavlovitz.com*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20220520030930/https://johnpavlovitz.com/2019/06/17/trump-derangement-syndrome-is-real-trump-has-it/) from the original on May 20, 2022. Retrieved June 15, 2022.
- Barro, Josh; White, Ken (October 6, 2021). ["Trump Derangement Syndrome with David Lat"](https://www.kcrw.com/news/shows/lrc-presents-all-the-presidents-lawyers/trump-derangement-syndrome-david-lat). *[KCRW.com](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KCRW.com "KCRW.com")*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20211124125701/https://www.kcrw.com/news/shows/lrc-presents-all-the-presidents-lawyers/trump-derangement-syndrome-david-lat) from the original on November 24, 2021. Retrieved June 15, 2022.
- Mandaville, Lynn; Young, David (2019). ["One Small Voice: It's GOP that has Trump Derangement Syndrome"](https://townbroadcast.com/?p=31602). *TownBroadcast.com*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20220622003748/https://townbroadcast.com/?p=31602) from the original on June 22, 2022. Retrieved June 15, 2022.
- ["Trump Derangement Syndrome Works Both Ways"](https://www.timefortruth.org/the-wilderness-voice/2020/4/TRUMP-DERANGEMENT-SYNDROME-WORKS-BOTH-WAYS). *TimeForTruth.org*. April 26, 2020. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20210917182853/https://www.timefortruth.org/the-wilderness-voice/2020/4/TRUMP-DERANGEMENT-SYNDROME-WORKS-BOTH-WAYS) from the original on September 17, 2021. Retrieved June 15, 2022.
10. **[^](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_derangement_syndrome#cite_ref-DavisSyndrome_10-0)**
Davis, Michael (March 26, 2016). ["Trump Derangement Syndrome"](https://www.spectator.co.uk/2016/03/trump-derangement-syndrome/). *[The Spectator](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Spectator "The Spectator")*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20210308140517/https://www.spectator.co.uk/2016/03/trump-derangement-syndrome/) from the original on March 8, 2021. Retrieved May 22, 2018.
11. **[^](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_derangement_syndrome#cite_ref-CostPresidency_11-0)**
Cost, Jay (December 4, 2017). ["Taming the Imperial Presidency"](https://www.nationalreview.com/2017/12/united-states-constitution-congress-legislative-authority-tame-imperial-presidency/). *[National Review](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Review "National Review")*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20210308143635/https://www.nationalreview.com/2017/12/united-states-constitution-congress-legislative-authority-tame-imperial-presidency/) from the original on March 8, 2021. Retrieved May 22, 2018.
12. **[^](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_derangement_syndrome#cite_ref-KrauthammerBush_12-0)**
[Krauthammer, Charles](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Krauthammer "Charles Krauthammer") (December 5, 2003). ["The Delusional Dean"](https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/opinions/2003/12/05/the-delusional-dean/cbc80426-08ee-40fd-97e5-19da55fdc821/). *[The Washington Post](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Washington_Post "The Washington Post")*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20210212172010/https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/opinions/2003/12/05/the-delusional-dean/cbc80426-08ee-40fd-97e5-19da55fdc821/) from the original on February 12, 2021. Retrieved May 22, 2018.
13. ^ [***a***](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_derangement_syndrome#cite_ref-KrauthammerPost_13-0) [***b***](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_derangement_syndrome#cite_ref-KrauthammerPost_13-1)
[Krauthammer, Charles](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Krauthammer "Charles Krauthammer") (June 9, 2017). ["You can't govern by ID"](https://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2017/06/you_cant_govern_by_id_charles.html). *[The Oregonian](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Oregonian "The Oregonian")*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20180702064519/https://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2017/06/you_cant_govern_by_id_charles.html) from the original on July 2, 2018. Retrieved May 22, 2018. "What distinguishes Trump Derangement Syndrome is not just general [hysteria](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hysteria "Hysteria") about the subject, but additionally the inability to distinguish between legitimate policy differences on the one hand and signs of psychic pathology on the other."
14. **[^](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_derangement_syndrome#cite_ref-14)**
["Some On Right Fear 'Obama Derangement Syndrome'"](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/some-on-right-fear-obama-derangement-syndrome/). *[cbsnews.com](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cbsnews.com "Cbsnews.com")*. April 4, 2009. Retrieved October 6, 2025.
15. **[^](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_derangement_syndrome#cite_ref-15)**
[Horowitz, David](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Horowitz "David Horowitz") (December 8, 2008). ["Get over Obama derangement syndrome"](https://www.politico.com/story/2008/12/get-over-obama-derangement-syndrome-016306). *[Politico](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politico "Politico")*. Retrieved October 6, 2025.
16. **[^](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_derangement_syndrome#cite_ref-16)**
[Klein, Ezra](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ezra_Klein "Ezra Klein") (February 23, 2015). ["Obama Derangement Syndrome"](https://web.archive.org/web/20150224010756/https://www.vox.com/2015/2/23/8089639/obama-derangement-syndrome). *[Vox (website)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vox_\(website\) "Vox (website)")*. Archived from [the original](https://www.vox.com/2015/2/23/8089639/obama-derangement-syndrome) on February 24, 2015. Retrieved October 6, 2025.
17. **[^](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_derangement_syndrome#cite_ref-17)**
Goldberg, Esther (August 17, 2015). ["Trump Derangement Syndrome"](https://spectator.org/63786_trump-derangement-syndrome/). *[The American Spectator](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_American_Spectator "The American Spectator")*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20210224162657/https://spectator.org/63786_trump-derangement-syndrome/) from the original on February 24, 2021. Retrieved September 13, 2018.
18. ^ [***a***](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_derangement_syndrome#cite_ref-:3_18-0) [***b***](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_derangement_syndrome#cite_ref-:3_18-1) [***c***](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_derangement_syndrome#cite_ref-:3_18-2) [***d***](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_derangement_syndrome#cite_ref-:3_18-3) [***e***](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_derangement_syndrome#cite_ref-:3_18-4) [***f***](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_derangement_syndrome#cite_ref-:3_18-5)
["Republicans want to classify 'Trump Derangement Syndrome' as a mental illness"](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-derangement-syndrome-mental-illness-republicans-b2716396.html). *The Independent*. March 17, 2025. Retrieved March 17, 2025.
19. **[^](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_derangement_syndrome#cite_ref-19)**
Zakaria, Fareed (April 16, 2017). ["Fareed: Is 'Trump derangement syndrome' real?"](https://www.cnn.com/videos/us/2017/04/16/fareed-take-trump-derangement-syndrome.cnn). [CNN](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CNN "CNN"). [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20201105025513/https://www.cnn.com/videos/us/2017/04/16/fareed-take-trump-derangement-syndrome.cnn) from the original on November 5, 2020. Retrieved May 16, 2018.
20. **[^](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_derangement_syndrome#cite_ref-20)**
Stephens, Bret (February 26, 2017). ["Don't Dismiss President Trump's Attacks on the Media as Mere Stupidity"](https://time.com/4675860/donald-trump-fake-news-attacks/). *Time*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20210310235522/https://time.com/4675860/donald-trump-fake-news-attacks/) from the original on March 10, 2021. Retrieved July 30, 2018.
21. **[^](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_derangement_syndrome#cite_ref-21)**
[Avlon, John](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Avlon "John Avlon") (December 16, 2020). ["'Trump derangement syndrome' has taken on a new twist"](https://edition.cnn.com/videos/politics/2020/12/16/trump-derangement-syndrome-reality-check-avlon-newday-vpx.cnn). *CNN*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20220616185659/https://edition.cnn.com/videos/politics/2020/12/16/trump-derangement-syndrome-reality-check-avlon-newday-vpx.cnn) from the original on June 16, 2022. Retrieved December 18, 2020.
22. **[^](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_derangement_syndrome#cite_ref-22)**
John F. Harris (October 15, 2020). ["Trump Is Suffering From Trump Derangement Syndrome"](https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2020/10/15/trump-derangement-syndrome-429527). *Politico*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20221130222438/https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2020/10/15/trump-derangement-syndrome-429527) from the original on November 30, 2022. Retrieved June 9, 2021.
23. **[^](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_derangement_syndrome#cite_ref-TobinCoughlin_23-0)**
Tobin, Jonathan (May 4, 2018). ["Trump Isn't Father Coughlin"](https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/05/trump-isnt-father-coughlin/). *[National Review](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Review "National Review")*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20201109040837/https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/05/trump-isnt-father-coughlin/) from the original on November 9, 2020. Retrieved May 15, 2018.
24. ^ [***a***](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_derangement_syndrome#cite_ref-GopnikPersistence_24-0) [***b***](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_derangement_syndrome#cite_ref-GopnikPersistence_24-1)
Gopnik, Adam (April 21, 2017). ["The Persistence of Trump Derangement Syndrome"](https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/the-persistence-of-trump-derangement-syndrome). *[The New Yorker](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_Yorker "The New Yorker")*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20201112031712/https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/the-persistence-of-trump-derangement-syndrome) from the original on November 12, 2020. Retrieved May 23, 2018.
25. **[^](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_derangement_syndrome#cite_ref-25)**
Examples include:
- Thiessen, Marc (May 15, 2018). ["To understand why Trump won, look at Democratic hysteria"](https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/to-understand-why-trump-won-look-at-democratic-hysteria/2018/05/15/7bdfd656-5867-11e8-b656-a5f8c2a9295d_story.html). *The Washington Post*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20201101024453/https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/to-understand-why-trump-won-look-at-democratic-hysteria/2018/05/15/7bdfd656-5867-11e8-b656-a5f8c2a9295d_story.html) from the original on November 1, 2020. Retrieved May 16, 2018.
- Klein, Joe (February 25, 2016). ["Donald Trump Derangement Syndrome and the Lizard-Brain Campaign"](https://time.com/4236971/donald-trump-derangement-syndrome-and-the-lizard-brain-campaign/). *Time*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20240222231547/https://time.com/4236971/donald-trump-derangement-syndrome-and-the-lizard-brain-campaign/) from the original on February 22, 2024. Retrieved February 22, 2024.
- Thiessen, Marc (May 10, 2018). ["Thiessen: Sen. Schumer Revealed His 'Trump Derangement Syndrome' With NK Hostage Remarks"](http://insider.foxnews.com/2018/05/10/trump-derangement-syndrome-chuck-schumer-has-it-north-korea-thiessen-said). Fox News Channel. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20210202082054/https://insider.foxnews.com/2018/05/10/trump-derangement-syndrome-chuck-schumer-has-it-north-korea-thiessen-said) from the original on February 2, 2021. Retrieved May 16, 2018.
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- Bruenig, Elizabeth (May 2, 2018). ["Our democracy has much bigger problems than Trump"](https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-nation-is-mired-in-bitter-impotence/2018/05/02/74decfdc-4e3b-11e8-af46-b1d6dc0d9bfe_story.html). *The Washington Post*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20200525161329/https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-nation-is-mired-in-bitter-impotence/2018/05/02/74decfdc-4e3b-11e8-af46-b1d6dc0d9bfe_story.html) from the original on May 25, 2020. Retrieved May 16, 2018.
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26. **[^](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_derangement_syndrome#cite_ref-26)**
Roeder, Oliver (May 7, 2018). ["Trump Isn't Playing 3D Chess—He's Playing Ultimate Tic-Tac-Toe"](https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/trump-isnt-playing-3d-chess-hes-playing-ultimate-tic-tac-toe/). *Five Thirty Eight*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20201127150604/https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/trump-isnt-playing-3d-chess-hes-playing-ultimate-tic-tac-toe/) from the original on November 27, 2020. Retrieved June 23, 2019.
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