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The Real Sufferers of “Trump Derangement Syndrome” Are His Supporters

The right has long accused Trump's critics of being blinded by hatred, but the truth is very different

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Jan 16, 2026
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This piece was first published in Byline Supplement March 2025. I’m republishing it now because the pattern it describes has only become more pronounced.

As Donald Trump again raises the prospect of U.S. control over Greenland, we are watching the same process repeat itself: an implausible claim is made, then softened, rationalised, and gradually treated as something tha…

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