Forget Trump Derangement Syndrome: Trump Fatigue is real, and I’ve got it

Not that it matters to President Trump, but a lot of Americans are not fans. They don’t like his public vulgarity, his narcissism, his appetite for vengeance and a lot more. But that doesn’t necessarily mean they have Trump Derangement Syndrome, the catch-all diagnosis his supporters like to apply to anyone who finds him objectionable.

They may have another condition brought on by the president. There’s a good chance they’re suffering from Trump Fatigue.

I know the symptoms because I have it.

Every day with this president, something new hits the fan. Trump may need a daily dose of chaos, but the rest of us don’t. Chaos and controversy may be his oxygen. They may be what energize him. But after all these years, they’re what wear a lot of us out.

And there’s rarely time to digest one controversy before the next one comes barreling down the road and smacks us in the mouth.

On the first day of his second term, Trump pardoned virtually everyone convicted of crimes related to the Jan. 6, 2021 Capitol riot, while commuting the sentences of several others. His proclamation called the prosecutions a “grave national injustice.”

That was only the beginning.

Since then, in no particular order — because with Donald Trump there really is no particular order — he has made waves saying Canada should become our 51st state.

He threatened to take control of Greenland, refusing at one point to rule out military force.

He renamed the Gulf of Mexico the Gulf of America. Then came an executive order renaming Lake Ontario Lake America.

He never stopped claiming the 2020 presidential election was rigged. Yet at the Republican midterm convention........

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