Today in Trump Derangement Syndrome
16th December 2025
Trump Pushes Back on Criticism of Reiner Comments And rightly so. TDS and the sort of dysfunctional family life that lead to Reiner’s murder proceed from the same Woke roots. Rich liberals and celebrities have a hard time creating a normal family life for their children (when they even have them), and the combination (rich liberal celebrities) is overwhelmingly a predictor of bad outcomes. Nothing is more common than reports of celebrity ‘nepo babies’ struggling with various addictions and generally making a hash of their lives. That the Narrative Media take is supremely intellectually shallow is unfortunate, but not unexpected.
‘The More I’m Around Young People, the More Panicked I Am’ (Yair Rosenberg/The Atlantic) Yeah, young people are no longer buying what the Wokerati are selling, and they can’t cope.
BREAKING: Trump Dances on Rob Reiner’s Grave (Asawin Suebsaeng/Zeteo)
Pentagon says it’s “escalating” Kelly review to “official” investigation (Axios)
Eager for Center Stage, Patel Casts Aside Caution in Statements as F.B.I. Leader (New York Times)
Trump attack on Rob Reiner tests the limits, even for his MAGA base (Washington Post)
Republicans rebuff Trump’s post on Rob Reiner (Cheyanne M. Daniels/Politico)
CEOs Are Learning to Live With Trump’s Turn to State Capitalism (Greg Ip/Wall Street Journal) “State capitalism” is, of course, a meaningless term, crafted only as a stick with which to beat Trump.
Trump Widens the Breach (John Dickerson/The Atlantic)
Trump’s Top Aide Acknowledges ‘Score Settling’ Behind Prosecutions (Peter Baker/New York Times) Who doesn’t know that?
Trump has signed more executive orders in 2025 than in his entire first term (Washington Post) Having ceased to be Mr Nice Guy.
Call them ‘Nuzzi Pox’ (Jason Sattler/THE FARCE)
The tech industry will come to regret its embrace of Trump (Paul Waldman/Public Notice)
Raskin to introduce bill to require review of White House renovation plans (Arden Farhi/CBS News)
Words & Phrases That Have Lost All Meaning (Jennifer Rubin/The Contrarian) Jennifer Rubin loses her shit, as she so frequently does.
Four Supertankers Reverse Course As Trump’s Gunboat Diplomacy Against Venezuela Accelerates
Trump’s war on democracy is failing (Zack Beauchamp/Vox) There is, of course, no ‘Trump war on democracy’, merely a Trump war on Democrats.
“Quite a buffet”: U.S. ready to seize more tankers with Venezuelan oil (Marc Caputo/Axios)
California Sues Trump Admin Over $33 Million Withheld Due To Trucker English-Proficiency Rules Imagine the absurdity of requiring truckers to understand English!
Susie Wiles Calls Explosive Vanity Fair Story A ‘Disingenuously Framed Hit Piece’ (Paige Lavender/HuffPost) Why was she so stupid as to consent to an interview?
The Trump Mind-Set Is Not Complex (Thomas B. Edsall/New York Times)
The Administration’s Drug Boat Strikes Are Crimes Against Humanity (Charlie Trumbull/Lawfare) If humanity consisted of drug-users.
The Situation: Why Can’t Kash Patel Shut Up? (Lawfare)
Judges Are Getting Fired as Trump Pursues Immigration ‘Purge’ (Bloomberg)
‘We’re Doing Pirate Now’: SNL’s Trump Brags About Seizing Tanker, Shooting Santa
The Longest Suicide Note in American History (Anne Applebaum/The Atlantic) No, not the DNC platform.
DHS Rebuts Rep. Omar Claim ICE Stopped Son: ‘No Record’
Trump’s Vile Rob Reiner Comments Show How Much He Has Debased His Office (Sasha Abramsky/The Nation)