The proposed bill, SF 2589, introduced in the Minnesota Senate and referred to the Health and Human Services Committee, seeks to amend existing mental health statutes to define “Trump Derangement Syndrome” as:
“‘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.”
