nam 22 uu 4500 10.59704/6ed929c114251f82 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 260427s2026||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.59704/6ed929c114251f82 doi eng 342 23 O’Donoghue, Aoife Author aut Trump Derangement Syndrome or the Foolish Fear of Tyranny O’Donoghue, Aoife Verfassungsblog 2026-04-27 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier Recently, a diagnosis has spread through American political commentary. Critics of the administration find themselves accused of suffering from Trump Derangement Syndrome (TDS): an inability to identify or critically think about the actions of Donald Trump or his administration objectively. TDS is not the first term invented to pathologise the fear of tyranny. Tyrannophobia, the foolish fear of tyranny, has a longer history. CC BY-SA 4.0 Authoritarianism Donald Trump Hobbes Trump Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/trump-derangement-syndrome-tds/ raw object