Reporter admits to Trump she had 'Trump Derangement Syndrome' and is finally cured

WASHINGTON, DC: President Donald Trump got a surprise mid-meeting confession this week from a former critic who admitted she once suffered from “Trump Derangement Syndrome.”

During a 90-minute roundtable at the White House on Wednesday, October 8, Trump met with conservative influencers and reporters who’ve been on the ground in Portland, talking about all things Antifa. The left-wing movement has been branded as a “domestic terrorist organization" by the Trump administration.

Among those around the table were Attorney General Pam Bondi, FBI director Kash Patel, and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, all offering kudos to the President for taking down “radical left-wing networks.”

Also present at the event was Brandi Kruse, a 37-year-old former mainstream TV reporter.

Reporter says she's 'proof' one can 'recover from TDS'

Kruse was candid about her past. “I’m living proof that you can recover from TDS,” she declared, referencing “Trump Derangement Syndrome,” the tongue-in-cheek MAGA term for liberals’ perennial disdain for all things Trump.

“I had strong Trump Derangement Syndrome for about eight years,” Kruse confessed. “This is one of the reasons I’ve recovered from it. And by the way, it’s much better to not have TDS — I’m happier, healthier, more successful. I even think I got a little more attractive after I got rid of my Trump derangement.”

Her quip drew laughter from the crowd and even Trump himself.

“Very attractive,” the 79-year-old President responded. “I’m glad you no longer have TDS. I feel very good about that," he added.

Trump vs the media

At one point, Trump gestured toward mainstream media journalists in the room and referred to them as “the garbage standing over here.”

He even took an impromptu poll among his guests, asking which mainstream networks were the worst offenders.

Independent journalist Nick Sortor also chimed in, fresh off an arrest at a Portland ICE protest. He pulled out a tattered American flag, saying it had been burned by a demonstrator.

Trump told Sortor to hand it to Attorney General Bondi so that those responsible could be prosecuted.

 Brandi Kruse’s Antifa rant

Besides her TDS confession, Kruse also fired off a sharp rebuke at the press corps watching from the sidelines.

“I’m a reporter in Seattle, and frankly, I could not care any less what any of you have to say about this meeting,” she declared. “We’re not here for you. I’m not here to convince you that Antifa is a real thing, because if you have not come to that conclusion by now, you are never going to come to that conclusion because you don’t want to see it. And you’re going to say it’s just a bunch of right-wing conservative influencers who are spinning a tale.”

Kruse currently hosts 'unDivided with Brandi Kruse,' an anti-woke talk show.

Trump’s crackdown plans

Trump has been doubling down on plans to use military force to crack down on what he calls “violent chaos” in Democratic-run cities.

In Portland, a federal judge has temporarily blocked Trump’s proposal to deploy troops, ruling that there wasn’t enough evidence of a violent uprising to justify it.

Meanwhile, in Chicago, National Guard units from Texas and Illinois have been mobilized as state leaders brace for a Thursday court hearing aimed at stopping Trump’s law-and-order offensive.

But the president isn’t backing off. He’s openly weighing the use of the Insurrection Act of 1807, a federal law that gives the commander in chief power to deploy US troops or seize control of state National Guards if he deems there’s an “insurrection.”

“We have an Insurrection Act for a reason; if I had to enact it, I’d do that,” Trump told reporters earlier in the week. “If people were being killed and courts were holding us up, or governors or mayors were holding us up, sure I’d do that.”