Political terms are common among Democrats, such as “undocumented immigrant” and “common-sense gun reform,” but Fetterman shared the conservative phrase "Trump Derangement Syndrome" when asked on the “All-in Podcast” about his political party.
“Who do you think leads the Democratic Party today?” co-host David Friedberg asks the Senator.
“Oh, we don’t have one,” Fetterman replies. “I think the TDS. I think that’s the leader right now. Right now our party is governed by the TDS.”
Trump Derangement Syndrome, or TDS, is a reference to when liberals, Democrats, and the Far Left react hysterically to Donald Trump. Most examples are based on comparing Trump to a dictator, most often Adolf Hitler, and therefore warn he wants to kill minorities, for example, and he won’t allow a presidential election in 2028.
Such claims are common in street protests, cable news outlets, and on social media, but Sen. Fetterman told the podcast it affects Capitol Hill, too.
“It’s made it virtually impossible, without being punished as a Democrat, to agree something’s good or to agree with the other side,” he warned.
Diane Gramley, who leads American Family Association of Pennsylvania, told AFN she was grateful Fetterman cited TDS and criticized Democrats for refusing to work with the president.
“The Democrats absolutely oppose the idea of working with President Trump,” Gramley agreed. “It’s a Trump Derangement Syndrome thing the Democrat Party has as a whole.”
In the podcast, Fetterman (pictured at right) cited an example of TDS related to Operation Epic Fury. He said he is the only Democrat in Congress to state publicly he supports President Trump’s attack on Iran that will end its murderous regime and end its pursuit of a nuclear bomb.
“What’s strange to me,” the Senator shared, “is that every single Democrat that’s run for president, and anyone that I know in Congress, has said we must never allow them to acquire a nuclear bomb.”
Now that President Trump is pursuing that goal, Fetterman added, he is being criticized and attacked by Democrats only because he is a Republican president.
Unmentioned by Fetterman are the midterm elections coming in the fall, in which Democrats could win control of both chambers of Congress.
From Forbes.com: Gambling odds show Democrats now have a 49.9% chance of retaking control of the Senate. This is a major shift from just a month ago, when bookmakers on the platform believed the GOP had a 60% chance of retaining control of the chamber. The Republican Party’s odds were even higher at the end of last year at 68%, but they have steadily declined since the start of 2026. Odds for the House race are firmly in favor of Democrats, with bettors giving them an 84% to winning back control. Odds for the House have favored Democrats since last year, but they had briefly narrowed to around 58-42 in November.
That example cited by Fetterman would easily qualify as an example TDS, since a person’s unrestrained hatred for Trump overwhelms any sign of common sense and normal decency.
Sure enough, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumber flatly refused to say anything positive about Operation Epic Fury destroying Iran and its regime during a recent “Morning Joe” interview.
“Is it a good thing,” said co-host Joe Scarbough, “that Iran—and I think you would agree with me—epicenter of terrorism in the world since 1979, is it good that their military infrastructure is being degraded to the degree that it is? Yes or no?”
“You can’t, because it’s a premature question,” Schumer replied. “What is going to happen in the next several months?”
When pressed by Scarborough to at least acknowledge Iran’s military is being degraded, which is good, the Senate’s top Democrat refused to agree.
“What’s going to happen three months from now?” Schumer replied. “Is it worth it? What’s going to happen? Will the world economy collapse? Will something happen even worse? Will the whole energy infrastructure of the world go up in smoke?”
“Let me answer the question for everybody in America: The answer is yes,” Scarborough, who is himself a constant critic of Trump, insisted.
“It’s good,” he continued, “that the terrorist regime’s military and capabilities have been degraded radically.”
