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Lawmakers aim to enforce 'Trump Derangement Syndrome' as a classified mental health disorder

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Published 11:09 18 Mar 2025 GMT

Lawmakers aim to enforce 'Trump Derangement Syndrome' as a classified mental health disorder

The term has long been used by Donald Trump himself as a way of hitting back at his critics

Niamh Shackleton

Niamh Shackleton

A handful of Republicans are wanting 'Trump Derangement Syndrome' to be classified as a mental illness.

The faux 'syndrome' is in regards to those who have an extreme critical reaction to Donald Trump and his supporters.

The term has long been used by the POTUS and his voters to hit back at his naysayers, but it is not recognized as a mental illness anywhere - but soon it will, if some Republicans get their way.

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'Derangement syndrome' was first used back in the early 2000s by Charles Krauthammer in a political sense. He used the phrase when referring to critics of then-President George W. Bush.

'Trump derangement syndrome' is used when describing the POTUS' critics (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)
'Trump derangement syndrome' is used when describing the POTUS' critics (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

What is 'Trump Derangement Syndrome?'

The bill describes the supposed illness as 'the acute onset of paranoia in otherwise normal persons that is in reaction to the policies and presidencies of (Trump)'.

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"Symptoms may include Trump-induced general hysteria, which produces an inability to distinguish between legitimate policy differences and signs of psychic pathology in President Donald J. Trump's behavior," the proposal further reads, as per Fox News.

Who has put forward the bill?

The idea of making the syndrome an officially recognized mental illness has been put forward by Republicans Eric Lucero, Steve Drazkowski, Nathan Wesenberg, Justin D. Eichorn and Glenn H. Gruenhagen.

Titled Bill SF 2589, the newly suggested legislation was scheduled for a first reading with the Health and Human Services Committee Monday (March 17).

What about people said about it?

Speaking about the bill, Gruenhagen said he's 'proud' to be behind it.

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He penned on Facebook over the weekend: "I am proud to be one of the co-authors on this bill which calls attention to the oftentimes outrageous, violent and unreasonable reactions we’ve seen towards a President who loves America and wants us to be prosperous, strong, safe, and great again."

Glenn Gruenhagen is one of the five Republicans to have put the bill forward (Glenn Gruenhagen/Facebook)
Glenn Gruenhagen is one of the five Republicans to have put the bill forward (Glenn Gruenhagen/Facebook)

Elsewhere, the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party (DFL) has condemned it.

Spokesperson Darwin Forsyth said in statement: "This is why Minnesota Republicans have lost every statewide election in recent memory – every time they get an opportunity to try to improve Minnesotans’ lives, they instead double down on an agenda that caters to their party’s most extreme right-wing activists."

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Senate Majority Leader Erin Murphy has also publicly criticized the bill.

"This is possibly the worst bill in Minnesota history," Murphy said.

"If it is meant as a joke, it is a waste of staff time and taxpayer resources that trivializes serious mental health issues. If the authors are serious, it is an affront to free speech and an expression of a dangerous level of loyalty to an authoritarian president."

Featured Image Credit: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

Topics: Donald Trump, Mental Health, Republicans, Minnesota, News, US News, Politics

Niamh Shackleton
Niamh Shackleton

Niamh Shackleton is an experienced journalist for UNILAD, specialising in topics including mental health and showbiz, as well as anything Henry Cavill and cat related. She has previously worked for OK! Magazine, Caters and Kennedy.

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