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Beware of Trump derangement syndrome, Democrats

Back in 2003, conservative writer Charles Krauthammer coined the term "Bush derangement syndrome" to describe people who had gone off the rails with their hatred of President George W. Bush.

The crazy was only starting to begin.

Six years later, conservative author David Horowitz warned that criticism of President Barack Obama was approaching "over-the-top hysteria," which he branded "Obama Derangement Syndrome."

"Conservatives, please," he wrote on . "Let's not duplicate the manias of

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