Trump Derangement Syndrome Is Going to Get Worse

Trump Derangement Syndrome Is Going to Get Worse
Former President Donald Trump speaks during the America First Agenda Summit, at the Marriott Marquis hotel in Washington on July 26, 2022. Drew Angerer/Getty Images
Mark Bauerlein
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Never in my lifetime have so many people been so obsessed with one man. People despised Nixon, they cheered or reviled Reagan, and they revered or dismissed Obama, but none of those responses comes close to the mania attached to Donald Trump. I mean the hate side, not the adoration. The former feeling and the cult it spawns dwarfs the latter.

Mark Bauerlein
Mark Bauerlein
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Mark Bauerlein is an emeritus professor of English at Emory University. His work has been featured in The Wall Street Journal, The Weekly Standard, The Washington Post, the TLS, and the Chronicle of Higher Education.
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