What's TDS?

 

quickymart:  What's TDS?

 

 

Trump derangement syndrome (TDS) is a pejorative term usually for criticism or negative reactions to former United States President Donald Trump that are perceived to be irrational, and have little regard towards Trump's actual policy positions, or actions undertaken by his administration.

 

The term has mainly been used by Trump supporters to discredit criticism of his actions, as a way of reframing the discussion by suggesting that his opponents are incapable of accurately perceiving the world.

 

Politico co-founder John Harris wrote that TDS is related to gaslighting, "another psychological concept in vogue in the Trump era."

 

Journalists have used the term to call for restraint when judging Trump's statements and actions.

 

So sort of whataboutism?

El Dodo Pasa (apologies to Peru)

I’d rather be a liar than a man
Yes I would
If I could
I surely would

I’d rather be on TV than in jail
Yes I would
If I only could
I surely would

It’s true I’d rather stage a coup
Like a con that’s here and gone
A fake like me gets fairly beat
He gives the world
Its saddest tweet
It’s saddest tweet

I’d rather be a tyrant than a blip
Yes I would
If I only could
I surely would

I’d rather crush the world within my grip
Yes I would
If I only could
I surely would
 

Sideface:

 

The Guardian - Trump challenges media and Democrats to debate his electoral fraud lie

 

today

 

Donald Trump has challenged leading editors and politicians to debate him in public over his lie that Joe Biden beat him in 2020 through electoral fraud.

 

In a typically rambling statement on Sunday, the former president complained about “the heads of the various papers [and] far left politicians” and said: “If anyone would like a public debate on the facts, not the fiction, please let me know. It will be a ratings bonanza for television!”

 

Despite Trump’s insistence that “the 2020 election was rigged and stolen” – and his well-known fixation on TV ratings – it was not.

 

Even William Barr, an attorney general widely seen as willing to run interference for Trump, publicly stated there was no evidence of widespread electoral fraud. ...

 

It seems unlikely any senior figure in the US media or among Democrats in Congress or state governments will take up Trump’s challenge to debate him in public. ...

 

Observers agree that a near-berserk performance in the first such contest did significant damage to Trump’s chances of re-election. ...

 

 

Well now here is the thing with this, in his mind, Trump has already won this debate. Because if you do not debate him then he is right and there was fraud. If you do debate him and bring in all the quadrupled verified facts and figures, constitutional lawyers etc (cart & bus loads), he will just say it is all 'fake news' because his is the only reality that matters. I mean he is a genius, isn't he??

kingdragonfly: Trump said "Hopefully George is looking down right now and saying this [job report is] a great thing that’s happening for our country,” he said. “There’s a great day for him. It’s a great day for everybody. It’s a great day for everybody. There’s a great, great day in terms of equality."

The Guardian - Trump tested positive for Covid a few days before the Biden debate, chief of staff says in new book

01 Dec 2021

Donald Trump tested positive for Covid-19 three days before his first debate against Joe Biden*, the former president’s fourth and last chief of staff has revealed in a new book.

 

Mark Meadows also writes that though he knew each candidate was required “to test negative for the virus within seventy two hours of the start time … Nothing was going to stop [Trump] from going out there”. ...

 

Meadows says Trump’s positive result on 26 September was a shock to a White House which had just staged a triumphant Rose Garden ceremony for supreme court nominee Amy Coney Barrett – an occasion now widely considered to have been a Covid super-spreader event. ...

 

Trump announced he had Covid on 2 October ... He went to hospital later that day.

 

He probably thought "I am not admitting I have Covid before a debate and if I infect the opponent, even better."

Not far from the real of possibilities, being a lying sack of crap.

All I can say is thank Christ at least someone running the show followed coronavirus protocols and kept a distance between them.

If you haven't already watched this 2020 documentary, grab it. Highly recommended.  

geekIT:

 

If you haven't already watched this 2020 documentary, grab it. Highly recommended.

 

Wish I could help. I have it but at 2.5GB it's over the limit of my free Dropbox plan.