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Trump Derangement Syndrome Files Volume One

Trump Derangement Syndrome Files Volume One

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This isn’t one of my typical posts but I couldn’t resist sharing it with a wider audience. One week ago I made the following post on Facebook:

TDS 2.0 is even more ridiculous than 1.0.

That’s all I said, no other commentary.

Today there was a post from the daughter of a friend of mine. The parents are conservative though split on Trump. This is what she posted:

I am glad you and the people laughing at those that oppose Trump are okay with him declaring himself king, taking powers meant for the legislature, and supporting Putin and Russia over our European allies. Declaring Ukraine at fault for Russia’s invasion. This is a disgusting abuse of power. And your delight over him and his administration cleaning house should not make you blind to recognize the terrible precedent being set here. Every past administration in recent decades has taken more executive power. But this is the first time it has been to this extent. We can’t support an authoritarian leader just because we like what he is doing.
And it makes me sad to see people that supposedly want to be good people and help others support the man that admires a leader of a country that jails, tortures, and kills people that oppose him.
There we go. Another liberal triggered by what I thought was a rather innocuous comment. Yes, Trump Derangement Syndrome is alive and well.

Don Irvine
Donald Irvine is the chairman of of Accuracy in Academia (AIA), a non-profit research group reporting on bias in education. Irvine follows his father’s legacy, Reed Irvine, to critically analyze the liberal media’s bias and brings over thirty years of media analysis experience. He has published countless blog posts and articles on media bias, in context of current events, and he has been interviewed by many news media outlets during his professional career. He currently hosts a livestream weekly show on AIA’s Facebook page which discusses current events. Irvine graduated from the University of Maryland and rose up the ranks to become chairman of Accuracy in Media until his transition to AIA. He resides in the suburbs around the nation’s capital and is a proud father and grandfather.

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