Good day all. It appears we have a new mental illness in America. It’s called Trump Derangement Syndrome, (TDS for short), and it is afflicting tens of thousands of Moonbats and RINO’s.
This illness was recently manifested by former Presidential candidate Mittens Romney when he went on a full blown tirade against Donald Trump. Others who appear to be suffering from this syndrome include a number of members of congress, the leadership of the Republican National Committee, many commentators and on air pundits, and a few people in Hollywood. Here are a few details on this new syndrome from the Washington Post, (Also noted for suffering from the malady)
To the catalogue of anxieties her patients explore during therapy — marriage, children, and careers — psychologist Alison Howard is now listening to a new source of stress: the political rise of Donald Trump. In recent days, at least two patients have invoked the Republican front-runner, including one who talked at length about being disturbed that Trump can be so divisive and popular at the same time, said Howard, who practices in the District.
What had happened to Trump during his childhood, the patient wanted to know, to make him such a “bad person?”
“He has stirred people up,” Howard said. “We’ve been told our whole lives not to say bad things about people, to not be bullies, to not ostracize people based on their skin color. We have these social mores and he breaks all of them and he’s successful. And people are wondering how he gets away with it.”
I think I’m beginning to see a trend in people suffering from TDS.
With each new Trump victory in the GOP primaries, Democrats and Republicans alike are sharing their alarm with friends over dinner, with strangers over social media and, in some cases, with their therapists. A recent Washington Post/ABC News poll showed that 69 percent of Americans said the idea of “President Trump” made them anxious.
I seriously question that poll. Considering how well the polls have been performing this year, not to mention who they actually polled, I suspect the sufferers of TDS are significantly lower that 69 percent.
For some, Trump’s diatribes against undocumented immigrants, Mexicans and Muslims evoke unpleasant flashbacks of dictators. For others, his raw-toned insults conjure memories of high school bullies.
Yep, that trend is beginning to firm up for me.
Type “Trump” and phrases such as “scaring me” or “freaking me out” into Twitter’s search engine, and a litany of tweets unfurl, including one posted two weeks ago by Emma Taylor as she lay in bed in Los Angeles: “I literally can’t sleep because I just thought about how Trump may actually win the Presidency and now I’m having a panic attack.”
“It’s like a hurricane is coming at us, and I don’t have any way of knowing which way to go or how to combat it,” Taylor, 27, a Democrat, said in a phone interview. “He’s extremely reactionary and that’s what scares me the most. I feel totally powerless and it’s horrible.”
And that tells me what I suspected. People panicking over Trumps plans to stop Muslims from coming in to the country for a while and throwing out criminal aliens are the usual crowd of wimps, whiners, crybabies and social justice warriors. In other words, people you wouldn’t trust with power tools. However, it isn’t just the Moonbats suffering from TDS. Honestly, considering the mental state of most Moonbats, it’s sort of expected. However, we are also seeing it on the Republican side of the fence.
Whitney Royston, 30, a Republican who works as an event coordinator in Littleton, Colo., said the prospect of a Trump presidency scares her because “he’s a side show. He doesn’t have anything to say. All he does is tell other people to shut up. If he were to become president, I fear that our world would come tumbling down.”
Alas Poor Whitney, she doesn’t have a clue.
To divert herself, Royston said she fantasizes that “someone will pop out of left field” to become the Republican nominee. “Divine intervention, a hail Mary,” Royston said. She acknowledged that she’s not overly optimistic, considering that she hoped for the same kind of miracle to stop Barack Obama in 2008.
Obviously, Whitney has no idea what’s going on in the Republican Party. It isn’t just Trump, but also Ted Cruz that’s scaring the RINOs. Trump’s just been more articulate than Cruz. She is worried that her “World would come tumbling down,” not realizing that isn’t a problem for most of the GOP base. That’s actually what they want, to tear down the Establishment Republicans and restore the party to something other than “Democrat Lite.”
The next group are people looking to flee the country if Trump wins the White House.
Alarmed by another wave of news coverage about Trump’s growing strength, Nancy Lauro, 52, a Brooklyn art teacher, sat at her computer last Saturday and searched Google for information about acquiring Italian citizenship. She also inquired about Ireland, where she has family roots.
“As phobias and fears ago,” Lauro said later of her query, “this is not a pathological response to a normal situation, but a normal response to a pathological situation. Picking up one’s life feels impossible, but I keep flashing on those people who fled Germany when the writing was on the wall and those who didn’t. When do you take action to get out?”
To which most people will say, “Don’t let the door hit you on your fat ass when you leave.”
Trump-inspired angst is apparently sufficient that on Super Tuesday, as he was piling up victories, Google recorded a 350 percent increase in users submitting the question, “How can I move to Canada?”
A radio disc jockey in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, last month launched a website inviting Americans to relocate if Trump wins. Over several weeks, some 400,000 visitors have checked out Cape Breton’s official web site — 100,000 more than all of last year.
“I call it the basket of golden eggs!” Mary Tulle, the head of Destination Cape Breton, said of Trump’s effect, the delight in her voice betraying not an iota of anxiety. “Our doors are open to everybody!”
Do you think Canada really wants a whole bunch of mentally ill, delusional idiots moving in up there? In any case, there is an actual guide out there for people who want to flee the country. It was written by Meg Wagner of the New York Daily News. Ms. Wagner lays out a list of possible destinations for those wishing to indulge their TDS and flee the country. For instance, we have the aforementioned Cape Breton in Canada.
The first on her list is Singapore.
The Asian county earned the title for its slew of high-paying jobs, welcoming atmosphere, stellar health care facilities and top-notch public transit. English, one of Singapore’s four official languages, is used frequently, especially in urban areas, so communication barriers are limited for Americans.
As a bonus, Singapore boasts the No. 1 most efficient health care system in the world, as rated by Bloomberg. The U.S. ranks at No. 44, and could dip even lower with Trump at the helm. The billionaire has long blasted Obamacare and scoffed at government-run health care — even though the system seems to be working out really well for Singapore.
There is one thing about Singapore you should understand. The government there is very harsh on criminals. They execute drug smugglers for one thing. Also, they have this thing about criticizing the government, and don’t even think about spitting on the sidewalk. Then we have Ms. Wagners choice for inexpensive residence.
When it comes to personal finances, Ecuador might be the answer. It ranks No. 1 for cost of living and is high on the list for just plain happiness. The South American country goes easy on expats’ wallets, ranking No. 1 for cost of living. In Ecuador, only 9% of expats said their disposable income isn’t enough, compared to a global average of 23%.
Yeah, that’s probably due to their defaulting on their bonds a few years ago. Then there is the Chevron lawsuit that is being torn apart due to the corruption of the judicial branch down there. You might want to think about how they treat Americans down there. Her next choice is Austria.
Austria ranked No. 1 in health, safety & well-being in the InterNations poll, a list the U.S. didn’t even place on.
Well, if you discount the problems with all the Islamic “Refugees” raping their way across the country.
A whopping 98% of those surveyed rated their personal safety positively while 95% said the country was politically stable — a far cry from the atmosphere Trump will foster.
Yes, Austria is politically stable and has been since the United States and the Soviet Union blew the crap out of them in 1945. And Trump will render the United States unstable? Paranoid much? Allow me to delve into my inner paranoid. Hillary Clinton. She will use her office to punish anyone who stands in her way of gaining more money and power. If she wins though, I won’t be leaving.
Plus, Austria is a great place to raise a family, newcomers said. The country has the best availability for childcare and ranks highly for cost and quality of education, the survey said.
Also taxes are through the roof, and I don’t think they have the problems of utterly incompetent teachers that are protected by their unions either, but I could be wrong on that one.
Love Americans, but hate America? Mexico could be your new home. There are already about 849,000 Americans living south of the border, making it home to more American-born travelers than any other country in the world, the Migration Policy Institute reports.
Fellow Americans can provide a sense of security and familiarity during such a massive life change, and no one understands your plight more than other defectors.
I hope that’s armed security. The crime problem down there is through the roof, and there are those ever so colorful gun battles between the Cartels and the government.
Yes, you’ll have to worry about the tyranny of drug lords, but at least you can spend your Trump-free days talking about the American things you actually miss — perhaps starting with New York City Pizza. And you’ll always have a friend who gets exactly why you fled your homeland that is no longer the one you prized.
Plus, fleeing to Mexico is the surest way to enrage President Trump.
Somehow, I doubt that. More than likely, he will be their waving “Bye Bye Loser” from the Trump Wall.
The bombastic billionaire has offensively suggested that Mexican immigrants are rapists and drug dealers who kill Americans and take their jobs.
Which they are, at least those not entering the United States through the lawful method. Or have you conveniently forgotten about Kathryn Steinle who was murdered by an illegal alien?
And then there is Canada. Our neighbor to the north has long been liberals’ choice for not-so-vague emigration threats.
Not to mention deserters and draft dodger.
The trend took off in 2000 on the eve of George W. Bush’s first term and continued during his reelection. Of course, such threats are nothing new.
Yeah, lots of these Moonbats make these threats. It’s the follow through that’s the problem.
The late director Robert Altman started the trend during the 2000 election, becoming the first celebrity to say he’d leave the U.S. if George W. Bush was elected. But the threatened escape never happened: He died in Hollywood six years into Bush’s presidency.
Just as he was getting ready to leave no doubt. Unless he was lying?
Minnesota-born “Monty Python” member Terry Gilliam renounced his American citizenship in 2006 in protest of Bush’s reelection.
Of course, there was a small problem regarding this. He hasn’t been in the United States for decades.
The actor moved to London in 1968.
So now you have actually decided to honor your word and leave America. What’s next? Well, Ms. Wagner helpfully provides that information.
It’s Wednesday, Nov. 9. Trump has been elected, and you’re ready to pack up your locally-made vegan shoes and your collection of Al Franken books. Let’s concoct a plan to escape from the pending political apocalypse. Unfortunately, you can’t just pick up everything you own and move across the globe. You’re going to need the right documents.
What? You need documents? Why? Can’t you just move in like all those people coming up from Mexico?
Work visas through a job are likely the most secure option but they’re difficult to obtain. The long process starts with applying for a job in your wannabe home. In most countries, the employers must rule out locals who may be better-suited for the job before extending an offer to foreigners.
Gee, we have the exact same requirement here. It’s incredibly difficult to get one of those H1B visas, just ask all those Disney workers who were fired and forced to train their foreign replacements. Actually, other countries do demand that a company prove they can’t find someone local, unlike the companies here that just buy a congresscritter.
Most nations require a foreigner to work for several years before attempting to apply for permanent residency or citizenship. Singapore, on the other hand, offers a way for foreigners to earn permanent residency right away. The nation’s Professionals/Technical Personnel and Skilled Workers Scheme allows expats to apply for residency as soon as they get their work passes.
Singapore actually needs technical people. Of course, once they don’t, you may be invited to leave. And if you break one of their laws, more than likely they will boot you out after a good caning.
If you want to go one step further and become a citizen of another nation, get ready for a long road. That requires a lengthy legal process that starts with a temporary visa that turns into permanent resident status. Tina Turner became a Swiss citizen in 2013, relinquishing her U.S. citizenship along the way, after living abroad for nearly two decades.
I can’t speak to requirements for other countries, but I suspect one thing they want is assimilation. You will learn the local language, at least well enough to function, or they won’t let you become a citizen. Each country has its own requirements. I believe Israel’s is simple. You have to be Jewish. (I may be incorrect or not fully correct here) Another way Ms. Wagner recommends is go back to school.
If you’re interested in earning a new degree, consider applying to foreign universities. A student visa — which you can apply for after you’ve been accepted — can give you entry to your new home over the course of your study. While the visas are often temporary, it can be easier to apply for permanent residency once you’ve studied for a few years.
Of course, don’t look for the government there to pay for your education. That’s for their citizens, not deadbeat dreamers from America. Also the schools in other countries actually expect you to learn real things, not just sit their and protest someone in a Mexican Sombrero.
Ms. Wagner’s column goes on with many tips and suggestions, but she does overlook a few little details. If you give up your United States Citizenship, (Which isn’t that easy to do apparently), you will be treated just like any other foreigner.
You will have to get a visa to come into the United States and if you overstay it, you can be jailed and kicked out. Also, the various agencies might just say no and deny you entry. Since you are no longer an American, you have no recourse. If you just walk across the border, say from Canada or Mexico, provided you don’t get killed, you can hide easily. Of course, you won’t be able to get a job since you won’t have any way to verify your citizenship. No bank accounts, no drivers license, nothing.
We’re seeing a large number of famous bigmouth’s saying they will leave if Trump wins. They won’t. Why? Because they know that most places won’t be as good as the United States. We have this thing we like to call “The Constitution.” It says we can speak our minds, own guns, all sorts of nifty things that will get you put in prison in some of those countries Ms. Wagner suggest you move to. Think about that, and if you still want to go, Good bye and Good riddence.
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