The Democrats’ 2020 Vision: America Last

Does President Trump’s policies of putting America’s interests first cause Trump Derangement Syndrome, or does Trump Derangement Syndrome cause liberals to abhor the concept of putting America’s interests first? It’s a causality dilemma to rival the ‘chicken and the egg.' Which came first, Trump Derangement Syndrome or the Democrats’ America last approach? Regardless of the order of origin, both have been on full display these past three years, and both present a problem for Democrats who hope to capture the White House in 2020.

This election year got off to a roaring start for Democrats suffering from TDS, and wholly disinterested in the better interests of the United States. An attack on the U.S. Embassy in Iraq was met with barely muted exuberance from all corners of the American left from Democrat politicians to their mouthpieces in the mainstream media. MSNBC and CNN practically celebrated “Trump’s Benghazi.” Senator Chris Murphy chimed in on Twitter, “Trump has rendered America impotent in the Middle East. No one fears us, no one listens to us.” Never mind that, unlike Benghazi, no American died in our embassy, there was no advance warning of the attack, Trump immediately called in the U.S. Marines, and Trump never attempted to blame the attack on his own domestic political rivals, the liberal mood was nothing short of celebratory. The only relevant question is, was it celebratory because it put foreign (terrorist) interests before that of the United States, or because it met their need to satisfy their TDS?

Following the attack on the American Embassy, and just a week after the murder of a U.S. contractor in Iraq, President Trump ordered the airstrike that took out the architect of both, Iranian General and terrorist mastermind Qasem Soleimani. This was clearly an action by the president to put American interests before that of a terrorist and a terrorist regime, and the Democrats mourned it. Nancy Pelosi called it an “unnecessary provocation,” Elizabeth Warren wondered aloud if he had done it to distract from the feckless impeachment, the media fell in line, and, once again, Chris Murphy chimed in on Twitter questioning the President’s response. Did any of the above mind so much when President Obama allowed Navy SEALs to kill Osama bin Laden? More importantly, were they objecting to President Trump putting American interests first by killing a terrorist, or were they succumbing to the effects of TDS?

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