Seattle-based independent journalist Brandi Kruse declared on Wednesday that she is “living proof” that it’s possible to recover from Trump Derangement Syndrome (TDS) — and that she’s been “happier,” “healthier,” and even “more successful” since she did so.
Kruse joined President Donald Trump and a number of other guests for the White House’s roundtable discussion on Antifa and the Trump administration’s efforts to classify the militant organization as a domestic terror group, and she explained that her own experiences with Antifa in Seattle had ultimately led to her recovery from TDS.
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“I was told by probably a dozen people not to tell you this,” she said to Trump. “I’m going to tell it to you anyway because it’s relevant to what we’re talking about. I’m living proof that you can recover from TDS.”
“I had strong ‘Trump Derangement Syndrome’ for probably eight years,” she admitted, and Trump began to smile. “It’s the — this is one of the reasons I recovered from it. And by the way, it’s much better to not have TDS. I’m happier, I’m healthier, more successful, I even think I got a little more attractive after I got rid of my Trump Derangement Syndrome.”
Laughs came from all around the table at that last comment, and then Kruse pivoted to address the media outlets in the room and the reason she was there: “Frankly, I could not care any less what any of you have to say about this meeting. Could not care any less. We’re not here for you. I’m not here to convince any of 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.”
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She went on to predict that they’d go out and report that the meeting was little more than “a bunch of right-wing, conservative influencers” who were chasing clout and social media followers.
“I was one of you,” she reminded them, noting that she’d been a television reporter on a mainstream media network, and she’d still been roughed up by Antifa rioters.
“When I saw, after all those years, that the media wouldn’t be honest about what was happening, that Democratic politicians wouldn’t be honest about what was happening, I thought, well, gosh, if they’re not being honest about that, maybe they’re not being honest about President Trump either. And it opened my mind to just looking at things as they were — and now I find you quite funny, actually,” she concluded, prompting more laughs from around the room.
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