Minnesota bill proposes classifying ‘Trump Derangement Syndrome’ as a mental illness

HINDUSTAN TIMES

A new bill by Minnesota Senate Republicans aims to label Trump Derangement Syndrome as a mental illness.

 Senate Republicans have sparked controversy with the introduction of a new bill that seeks to classify “Trump Derangement Syndrome” as a mental illness. The bill has raised concerns by proposing that the condition, which is linked to extreme “reactions to the policies and presidency” of Donald Trump, as described in the bill, could be recognised in legal and medical contexts.

What is the Trump Derangement Syndrome?

According to the new bill introduced by the Minnesota Senate Republicans, the Trump Derangement Syndromes means “the acute onset of paranoia in otherwise normal persons that is in reaction to the policies and presidencies of President Donald J. Trump.”

The symptoms of the Trump Derangement Syndrome “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 behaviour,” as described in the Minnesota bill.

The newly introduced bill further stated that it could be “expressed” via, “verbal expressions of intense hostility toward President Donald J. Trump; and overt acts of aggression and violence against anyone supporting President Donald J. Trump or anything that symbolizes President Donald J. Trump…