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Minnesota Republicans Push to Define 'Trump Derangement Syndrome' as Mental Illness
Above: Pres. Donald Trump looks down from the Presidential Box in the Opera House at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts as he participates in a guided tour and leads a board meeting on March 17, 2025 in Washington, DC. Image copyright: Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images
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Republican narrative
Though this bill is unlikely to go anywhere as Democrats have a majority in the Minnesota Senate as well as the governor's office, this push to recognize the Trump derangement syndrome as a major mental health issue may inspire others to do the same. After all, there's plenty of evidence that this syndrome is real and has dire consequences.
Democratic narrative
While Republicans continue to claim that anyone exercising free speech to tell them something about Trump that they don't want to hear — such as stressing his autocratic tendencies — has a Trump derangement syndrome, it's their inability or refusal to see Trump clearly that is the actual derangement.