White House shares mock treatment plan for ‘Trump Derangement Syndrome’

WASHINGTON, DC: The White House stirred another online political firestorm after sharing a mock “treatment” for what President Donald Trump jokingly suggested could be a real condition — “Trump Derangement Syndrome."

The viral post quickly spread across social media after listing several humorous “prescriptions” for people supposedly suffering from the condition.

White House mock treatment plan suggests trusting in Trump and limiting fake news

The White House shared a mock “treatment” for what it called “Trump Derangement Syndrome,” suggesting that critics should try “trusting in Trump,” listening to the national anthem, limiting fake news, and avoiding becoming “a panican.”

The joke gained even more attention after President Donald Trump commented on the phrase during an event at the Oval Office on Monday, May 11. 

“Trump Derangement Syndrome, I’m hearing, is actually a disease,” Trump said. 

“They suffer from Trump derangement syndrome. They don’t even know what they’re looking at. They can’t even see straight!” the Republican leader added. He joked that opposition against him has become so automatic that he may eventually start publicly supporting the opposite of what he truly wants just to get Democrats to approve his policies.

The phrase “Trump Derangement Syndrome” has become one of Trump’s favorite ways to describe political opponents, critics, and media figures who strongly react to his presidency and policies.

Psychotherapist claims ‘Trump Derangement Syndrome’ reflects real emotional distress

Manhattan-based psychotherapist Jonathan Alpert, in a Fox News interview in November, 2025, claimed that what people jokingly call “Trump Derangement Syndrome” reflects a genuine psychological pattern among some Americans.

Appearing on ‘The Faulkner Focus’, Alpert said nearly three-quarters of his patients display strong emotional distress tied specifically to Trump.

“This is a profound pathology, and I would even go so far to call it the defining pathology of our time,” Alpert said during the interview with host Harris Faulkner.

According to Alpert, many patients quickly begin discussing Trump regardless of the original reason for their therapy sessions.

“People are obsessed with Trump, they’re fixated, they’re hyper-fixated on Trump,” he explained.

“It takes probably five minutes” for patients’ feelings about Trump to emerge, he added.

Alpert argued that many symptoms resemble anxiety-related conditions or obsessive-compulsive tendencies.

“They can’t sleep, they feel traumatized by Mr Trump, they feel restless,” he said.