"Trump Derangement Syndrome" is nothing but a BS meme promulgated by spiteful alt-right-wingers. It's a fancy way of calling someone "retard" like grade school bullies do.
Sorry it is definitely a thing. But if it makes you happier, Obama derangement syndrome also existed. You should have seen some of the nutcase head-explosions from otherwise rational people to various Obama issues.
The president of the United States responding to a yelled accusation of treason against his political opponents from a crowd.... an accusation that was NOT a joke... by laughing along and agreeing with it with a chuckle instead of shutting it down, is not the stuff of comedy.
Actually turning something into a joke is a very effective way of shutting it down. A classic example is Mel Brooks commentary about his movie The Producers.
Only ONE political group in this country has completely flipped their positions on issues dependent on whether Trump supports them or not. And it is not his detractors.
The only issue that the Republicans have flipped on is trade and that wasn't just Trump that was also Bernie and the outpouring of rage from the voters. The establishment wing of the Democrats also flipped on that issue.
Trump supports the big Republican issues: limited government, originalist judges, abortion etc.
I don't think there is much argument he has narcissistic personality disorder that borders on the incapacitating.
Ummm. Yeah there is a lot of argument about that. He is clearly a narcissist. But did you ever see Obama talk about himself? That guy has a huge narcissist complex as well. And certain people fed it by Oh, say awarding him the Nobel Peace Prize for existing. But being a narcissist does not disqualify one from political office.
Other presidents with high narcissism scores: both Johnsons, both Roosevelts, Jackson, Kennedy, Nixon, Clinton, and Arthur.
http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/20 ... residents/There is a lot of discussion in Republican circles as to whether his personality helps him or hurts him. The general concensus is that he would be more effective if he were less obnoxious. However, there is a sizable minority who feel that being obnoxious is the only way to smash through Washington's complicacy.
You get that when a president commits impeachable offenses calling for their impeachment is normal right?
He hasn't committed an impeachable offence. Most of these people were calling for his impeachment before he even took office. They just want to undo the election.
Do I have to point you at the posting history of every Trump supporter on this forum during the 2016 election, with regard to Clinton? How many admitted Trump was not a good choice.... BUT CLINTON!!!!! OMG!!!! WE HATE HER SO MUCH!!!!
An actual election is a binary choice. Clinton would have put in place any number of horrible policies (at least horrible from a Republican point of view). Plus, her corruption would have worsened the swamp problem in DC. As is often the case one must vote for the best of the two.
The place to really impact selection is in the primaries. That is where true choice exists and I don't know of a single poster who voted for Trump in the primary.
The thing is, you never vote for the person who has quick and easy solutions for complex problems - you vote for the one that says that the problems are difficult and will take time to fix. The former is a blowhard and the latter a statesman. People who don't recognize this vote emotionally instead of intelligently - and if you are emotionally invested you will find it hard to own up to the fact that you made a mistake.
Scott Walker would have been a great president. But we were stuck with Trump v Clinton.
You might have a point there if it wasn't for inconvenient little things like the fact that people in power must be held to higher standards of accountability than others. The President of the US can't joke about jailing people or declaring war. His words, whether you like it or not, have meaning; The fact that he would even joke about this is indicative of a mindset that is fundamentally at odds with the cultural requirements of his position.
Actually many presidents do it all the time. Obama, Clinton and Reagan for example (neither of the Bushes had much of a sense of humor).
Compulsive lying is a form of insanity, is it not? As a Trump supporter, you have to justify your belief in Trump every single time he comes out with one form of hyperbolic statement or another, whenever he lies about something or someone, whenever he goes on childish tirades, you have to ask yourself why he's the best choice.
Politicians constantly use hyperbole. Just mentally divide by 2.
I don't actually mind the hyperbole so much, it's entertaining. The most annoying thing is picking unnecessary fights.
And that if it is possible to start impeachment proceedings over a bit of marital infidelity, then starting them over actually illegal things shouldn't be much of an issue, right?
It wasn't marital infidelity, it was lying about it in court. You know the crime of perjury? If faithfulness was required 3/4 of the presidents would be impeached.
What was Trump's platform again? Was it building a wall? Or jailing Hillary Clinton? Or "making america great again", whatever that means?
1. America first in trade negotiations and diplomatic talks.
2. Drain the swamp
3. Immigration (which could be classified as a subsection of America first) including but not limited to the wall
4. Defend normal people from the elites (related to drain the swamp), Hillary was a classic example of different rules apply to the elites. If I had done what she did with classified material I would be in HUGE trouble. She skated as far a official punishments went. Although she did pay electorially which is enough punishment as far as I am personally concerned.