Jiang uses the abbreviation for Trump derangement syndrome to describe his earlier intense anti-Trump reaction.
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TDS
A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "Was still allowed. The intellectuals. To. Protest. This is what led. To the Pentagon. Papers. And the publication. Of the Pentagon. Papers. In Washington...."
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A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "Was still allowed. The intellectuals. To. Protest. This is what led. To the Pentagon. Papers. And the publication. Of the Pentagon. Papers. In Washington...."
Key Notes
Jiang uses 'Trump derangement syndrome' as shorthand for what he sees as a long-running media obsession that destroyed institutional credibility.
He says Trump Derangement Syndrome reflects class fear that Trump represents a popular revolt against intellectual-class authority, not mere irrational hatred.
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"Was still allowed. The intellectuals. To. Protest. This is what led. To the Pentagon. Papers. And the publication. Of the Pentagon. Papers. In Washington...."
"...They. All. Rallied. Against. Him. Right. And. That's. Why. You. Had. Tds. Tds. Is. Not. Like. People. Have. Become. Deranged. About. Donald. Trump. And...."
"...got elected and like that just traumatized me. And I had TDS for the longest time because I hated this guy."
"...they've lost your legitimacy, they've lost your authority. The media had TDS, you know, Trump's derangement syndrome, for a long, long time. So, when..."
"i had tds and the reason why is that you know um i went to yale i said at yale and so i have..."
"...But in 2016, when Donald Trump won, like journalism just developed TDS, Trump derangement syndrome. And then journalists started to align themselves with the..."
"...to make Donald Trump invincible, okay? This is what we call TDS, or Trump Derangement Syndrome. The inability to recognize who Donald Trump is,..."
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