So, You Have Trump Derangement Syndrome. Well, We Have the Cure.
If you believe in facts, education and critical thinking skills, here’s a prescription for what ails you.
On Dec. 14, 2025, beloved and acclaimed actor and filmmaker Rob Reiner and his wife, Michele, were found stabbed to death in their Los Angeles home. Most people had what would be conventionally considered normal reactions to the horrific and tragic news. Fans of Reiner said their RIPs to the Hollywood legend and spoke highly of his career, legacy and contributions to TV and film. People who were not fans of the 78-year-old either offered condolences or opted to remain silent, respectfully keeping their opinions about the man to themselves.
But not our president.
President Donald Trump—our fierce warrior of a leader, who has made it clear that no enemy, fake news comprised of unimpeachable facts and data or the East Wing of the White House shall stand against him—decided to be brave and weigh in on the Reiners’ deaths by offering condolences, kind words and a free diagnosis.
“A very sad thing happened last night in Hollywood. Rob Reiner, a tortured and struggling, but once very talented movie director and comedy star, has passed away, together with his wife, Michele, reportedly due to the anger he caused others through his massive, unyielding, and incurable affliction with a mind crippling disease known as TRUMP DERANGEMENT SYNDROME, sometimes referred to as TDS,” Trump wrote.
Later on, a reporter—showing signs of early-stage TDS herself—asked the president to clarify his comments, prompting him to double down.
We can all clearly see what the problem is here, right? RIGHT???
I mean, how is it that these people are allowed to make movies or become journalists? I’m sure they’re also putting lives in danger every day by flying planes while Black and administering vaccines like they don’t cause Tylenol-induced autism. All the while, these people are suffering from a mentally debilitating disease like TDS, of which there appears to be no cure.
Oh, but there is a cure—and that’s why I’m here.
Now, of course, I need to preface this by saying I am not a medical doctor. I would also like to preface this by saying that if you believe I need to be a medical doctor just to diagnose and prescribe remedies for TDS, you not only have TDS, you have RFKDS. You probably think the U.S. health secretary needs to be a person with a Ph.D. in medicine or at least someone who knows the difference between Medicaid and Medicare, doesn’t think Lyme disease is a “militarily engineered bioweapon,” or that Black people don’t need white people’s vaccine schedule due to their super negro immune systems. You want someone who doesn’t take his grandkids swimming in sewage and doesn’t literally advise people not to take medical advice from him.
You probably think an appointed FBI director should have actually worked at the FBI or that appointed U.S. attorneys should be Senate-confirmed or have actually worked as prosecutors. Hell, you probably think the nation’s top education authority should have worked as an educator as opposed to a pro-wrestling executive.
What you clearly don’t understand is that reliance on expertise and education is a classic symptom of TDS and can be easily remedied. You simply don’t have to live this way.
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