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I'll ask again... WHEN did Trump say that states should have absolute "power" 
to make regulation and law, all on their own?

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On Tue, 09 Dec 2025 15:57:39 +0000,  Lee says...  

> Trump administration moves to overrule 
> state laws protecting credit reports 
> from medical debt

Another ONE example. Can you come up with this many?

During Trump's first administration (2017-2021), several laws and regulations 
were left up to states to decide for themselves. Here are some examples:
(some may be repeated)

1. Education (K-12)Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) implementation
2. Environmental Regulations (Clean Power Plan and Waters of the United 
3. Transgender Bathroom/Title IX Policies Withdrew Obama-era Title IX guidance 
4. Abortion and Reproductive Health (Title X Family Planning)2019 Title X
5. Medicaid Waivers and Block-Grant Experiments
6. Occupational Licensing
7. Criminal Justice and Policing (Consent Decrees)
8. Cannabis Enforcement
9. Greenhouse Gas Standards for Vehicles

[1] Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) implementation.
The Trump Department of Education dramatically scaled back federal oversight 
of state education plans. States gained far more flexibility in how they 
designed accountability systems, testing, and school improvement strategies.

[2] Clean Power Plan (2015) ? Affordable Clean Energy Rule (2019)
Waters of the United States (WOTUS) Rule
These returned primary regulatory authority over those waters to the states.

Withdrawing from the Paris Climate Agreement, which gave states more freedom 
to set their own climate policies.

Repealing the Clean Power Plan, allowing states to create their own plans to 
reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

Ending the Obama-era guidelines for transgender students, giving states the 
authority to decide on bathroom access for transgender students.

Marijuana regulation: The federal government continued to classify marijuana 
as a Schedule I controlled substance, but Trump's administration largely 
allowed states to set their own policies regarding marijuana legalization and 
regulation. By 2021,36 states and the District of Columbia had legalized 
medical marijuana, and 15 states had legalized recreational marijuana.

Gun control: The federal government did not pass comprehensive gun control 
legislation, leaving it up to states to enact their own laws and regulations. 
Some states, such as California and New York, implemented stricter gun control 
measures, while others, like Arizona and Texas, loosened their gun laws.

Abortion regulations: Trump's administration did not pass federal legislation 
to restrict or ban abortion, allowing states to set their own policies. Some 
states, like Alabama and Georgia, passed restrictive abortion laws, while 
others, like California and New York, protected access to abortion.

Climate change and energy regulations: The Trump administration withdrew from 
the Paris Climate Agreement and rolled back several environmental regulations, 
allowing states to set their own standards. Some states, like California and 
Hawaii, set ambitious renewable energy targets, while others, like Oklahoma 
and Texas, resisted stricter environmental regulations.

Immigration policies: Trump's administration faced criticism for its handling 
of immigration, with some states, like California and New York, implementing 
their own sanctuary city policies and resisting federal efforts to enforce 
immigration laws.

Voter ID laws and election regulations: States were left to set their own 
voter ID laws and election regulations, resulting in varying requirements 
across the country.

Minimum wage laws: States were allowed to set their own minimum wage laws, 
with some, like California and New York, implementing higher minimum wages, 
while others, like Wyoming and Kentucky, kept their minimum wages at the 
federal level.

LGBTQ+ rights: The Trump administration did not pass federal legislation to 
protect LGBTQ+ individuals from discrimination, leaving it up to states to 
enact their own protections. Some states, like California and Massachusetts, 
implemented robust anti-discrimination laws, while others, like North Carolina 
and Texas, faced criticism for their handling of LGBTQ+ issues.

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"Trump Derangement Syndrome" Is a Real Mental Condition

All you need to know about "Trump Derangement Syndrome," or TDS.

"Trump Derangement Syndrome (TDS) is a mental condition in which a person has 
been driven effectively insane due to their dislike of Donald Trump, to the 
point at which they will abandon all logic and reason."

Justin Raimondo, the editorial director of Antiwar.com, wrote a piece in the 
Los Angeles Times in 2016 that broke TDS down into three distinct phases or 
stages:

"In the first stage of the disease, victims lose all sense of proportion. The 
president-elect's every tweet provokes a firestorm, as if 140 characters were 
all it took to change the world."

"The mid-level stages of TDS have a profound effect on the victim's 
vocabulary: Sufferers speak a distinctive language consisting solely of 
hyperbole."

"As TDS progresses, the afflicted lose the ability to distinguish fantasy from 
reality."

The Point here is simple: TDS is, in the eyes of its adherents, the knee-jerk 
opposition from liberals to anything and everything Trump does. If Trump 
announced he was donating every dollar he's ever made, TDS sufferers would 
suggest he was up to something nefarious, according to the logic of TDS. 
There's nothing - not. one. thing. - that Trump could do or say that would be 
received positively by TDSers.

The history of Trump Derangement Syndrome actually goes back to the early 
2000s - a time when the idea of Trump as president was a punch line for late-
night comics and nothing more.

Wikipedia traces its roots to "Bush Derangement Syndrome" - a term first 
coined by the late conservative columnist Charles Krauthammer back in 2003. 
The condition, as Krauthammer defined it, was "the acute onset of paranoia in 
otherwise normal people in reaction to the policies, the presidency - nay - 
the very existence of George W. Bush."