THE REAL TDS

 

Words and Photo by F LoBuono

The examples of the irony found in the current Administration are numerous, egregious and ever-expanding. The list is too long to elaborate on all the transgressions, so I’ve decided to concentrate on perhaps the most galling, i.e. TDS or TRUMP DERANGEMENT SYNDROM. It’s the pejorative term the President’s supporters and sycophants use to disparage those of us who find constant fault in not only Mr. Trump’s policies but his personal behavior itself.

The irony is found in the fact that anyone who defends his abhorrent behavior as his minions CONSTANTLY do, are the truly deranged ones not us! Again, the examples are many. There are the excuses for his mocking of a disabled reporter, the Billy Bush sexual comments tape, the Epstein files, and now the war with Iran (remember the NO MORE WAR candidate?) to name but a few. Finding ANYTHING positive in any of those scenarios takes a deliberate kind of ignorance to the point of, yes, derangement. Some will say that my language here is incendiary and divisive. But there seems to be no other explanation, unless it’s the type of behavior you accept in your own lives. I do not.

I could go on. But not because I want to. I have too! I’d rather be writing about the imminent return of baseball, barbecues, and the other rights of Spring. And I’ve tried. However, I simply cannot look away from the damage being done by a man who has vowed to “Make America Great Again.” Yet to the majority of Americans, he is doing the opposite, i.e. making us weaker, more cruel, uglier. THIS is the very height of irony! The real “derangement” here belongs to the people who simply refuse to see the obvious signs that right now in this Country we are being run by a megalomanic supported by his cadre of ill-informed, underqualified, mafiosi who form the most incompetent Cabinet in American history.

Unfortunately, this column will not change the minds of those determined to support an obviously diminished President (by the way, more irony here – think of what he and his minions say about former President Biden). But I will not remain silent while we in danger of losing the very principals that REALLY make America great. Now, THAT would be deranged.