By oldedude March 18, 2025 11:39 am Category: Law (0.0 from 0 votes)
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Five Minnesota Senate Republicans are seeking to dub “Trump derangement syndrome” (TDS), a term coined to describe a form of criticism of President Donald Trump, as an official mental illness recognized under state statute.
Eric Lucero, R-St. Michael, Steve Drazkowski, R-Mazeppa, Nathan Wesenberg, R-Little Falls, Justin D. Eichorn, R-Grand Rapids, and Glenn H. Gruenhagen, R-Glencoe, are the five politicians who drafted the bill that would add the so-called “syndrome” to a lengthy list of definitions related to mental health care in Minnesota.
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This bill proposes to amend Minnesota statutes to add "Trump Derangement Syndrome" (TDS) as a recognized form of mental illness in two different sections of state law dealing with mental health definitions.
The bill defines TDS as an "acute onset of paranoia in otherwise normal persons" triggered by reactions to Donald J. Trump's policies and presidency, characterized by symptoms such as intense verbal hostility toward Trump and potential acts of aggression against Trump supporters.
The proposed definition suggests that TDS manifests as an inability to distinguish between legitimate policy differences and what the bill characterizes as "psychic pathology" in Trump's behavior. Specifically, the bill would insert language about TDS into existing legal definitions of mental illness in sections related to mental health services and diagnostics, effectively treating it as a clinically recognizable condition. While the bill appears to be satirical or politically motivated, it seeks to formally codify this concept into Minnesota's mental health statutes, potentially allowing for clinical recognition or treatment of what the bill describes as a syndrome related to emotional responses to political leadership.
If passed, a section of a statute that includes definitions for terms including “diagnostic assessment” and “outpatient services” would be appended to add one for TDS. The authors describe TDS as “the acute onset of paranoia in otherwise normal persons” in reaction to Trump’s policies.
“Trump-induced general hysteria” — which according to the bill causes people to conflate policy differences with the president with signs of “psychic pathology” in Trump’s behavior — is the politicized phrase’s primary symptom, the bill states.
Its authors go on to write that such “hysteria” typically manifests as intense verbal hostility toward the president and violence or aggression aimed at Trump supporters.
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Five Minnesota Senate Republicans are seeking to dub “Trump derangement syndrome” (TDS), a term coined to describe a form of criticism of President Donald Trump, as an official mental illness recognized under state statute.
