Opinion
By Michael Hernandez, 9-15-24
Trump Derangement Syndrome (TDS) is alive in America and must be stopped in the wake of another assassination attempt on Donald J. Trump on his own golf course in West Palm Beach, Florida on Sunday (Sept. 15).
Trump Derangement Syndrome is believed to have been first coined by Esther Goldberg for The American Spectator (Aug. 17, 2015) and was used in the headline of her story.
Bernard Goldberg writing on Jan. 3, 2017 for RealClear Politics stated: “Before the (2016) election, the victims of TDS routinely compared Donald Trump to Hitler. Guess what. They’re still doing it. Articles in respectable publications written by professors at elite universities are warning us to be on guard, that a Trump presidency could imperil democracy-as-we know it and may very well spell doom for American civilization.”
TDS is “irrational” and has “little regards towards Trump’s actual policy positions, or actions undertaken by his administration” writes Chris Cillizza, an American political commentator, who worked for the television news channel CNN from 2017-2022 and wrote for ThePo!nt (July 20, 2018).
(Editor’s Note: For a more exhaustive list of more than 60 TDS references go to:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_derangement_syndrome.)
Trump Derangement Syndrome is just pure hate and most Democrats are infected by it—just like an evil virus.
Matthew Boyle of Breitbart News reporting on the Sept. 15 assassination attempt wrote the response of House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries: “Extreme MAGA Republicans are the party of a national abortion ban and Trump’s Project 2025. We must stop them.”
Florida Senator Rick Scott’s (R) response: “Hakeem’s lies are dangerous. He posted this after what appears to be a second attempt on President Trump’s life. It is rhetoric and lies like this that are inspiring crazy people to try and kill him.”
Meanwhile, the wife (Rachel Vindman) of Anti-Trump whistleblower Alex Vindman wrote and posted this on X: “No ears were harmed. Carry on with your Sunday afternoon.”
What ever happened to civility in American politics? Those wishing to eliminate their enemies is causing America’s destruction.
Fox News reported that the shooting suspect has been identified as Ryan Wesley Routh as Secret Service agents spotted a muzzle of a weapon poking behind a chain-link fence allegedly within 500 yards with the agent opening fire on the suspect just as President Donald J. Trump was golfing on the 5th hole. We will find out more as law enforcement investigates. (See https://www.foxnews.com/video/6362001621112.)
This is the second assassination attempt on President Donald J. Trump. The first attempt happened at a Butler, Pennsylvania Trump rally on Aug. 13.
FYI
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13853645/Ryan-Wesley-Routh-Trump-golf-course-shooter.html
Michael Hernandez, from California is co-founder of the Citizens Journal—Ventura County’s online news service. He is a former Southern California daily newspaper journalist and religion and news editor. Mr. Hernandez can be contacted at [email protected] and is editor of the weekly “Stories Speak Volumes,” “Nov. 5 Election Day Countdown” and “Revive America: Make America Great Again.”
