When loyalty (to a man) replaces accountability bad things happen . . .

By Leo Hohmann - January 13, 2026

I have never seen a period in my lifetime where deception and dueling narratives were quite so intense as they are today.

Whether it’s the protests in Iran or the civil unrest in the U.S., you can literally find two polar-opposite reports of what’s going on, with online videos to support their case. It has been much the same with the situation in Venezuela and before that, Gaza.

One person’s freedom fighter is another person’s terrorist and the parts are interchangeable.

The pressure to conform on either side of the dueling narratives is intensifying. That’s not by accident. The globalists fear a united America more than anything else. They love to drive wedges and hence all the pressure points are designed to create a bifurcated society that can’t agree on anything and becomes easily manipulated.

So those who refuse to be forced into either of the two “sides” will become the outcasts without a home. At least not an earthly home. Our home is in heaven and that’s where our allegiance lies. These folks are the real threats to the system because they judge right from wrong, constitutional from unconstitutional, according to sources outside of the left-right paradigm. As long as you operate from within that paradigm, you are a threat to no one. You are not at all dangerous to the advancing New World Order.

I’m not and never have been part of the left. My experience is as an individual who espouses principles like pro-life, pro-family, and pro-defense but anti-war.

If, from that perspective, you question any of the narratives coming out of the White House these days, the blowback is immediate and intense. Criticism is no longer allowed. That, in itself, should be cause for concern.

If you post a critical assessment or even question the recent moves by the White House either on the domestic front with regard to its handling of protesters or on its increasingly provocative foreign policy, you immediately get hit with an onslaught of accusations. They won’t debate you on the facts. Instead, you’ll receive some variation of the following memes, “you must be a Democrat,” or “at least we don’t have Kamala, would you rather have Kamala?” or “you’re such a Trump hater.”

When I remind them that I voted for Trump three times, they roll out the trusty old meme “don’t look at the facts, look at the bigger picture… just trust the plan!”

If they’re really bold, they’ll accuse you of having “TDS” which stands for “Trump Derangement Syndrome.” This is a clever ploy because it makes the argument all about one man and whether we are willing to genuflect at his feet, rather than about the people and whether some of the policies we see being pursued are in line with the Constitution and the leader’s own campaign promises.

These slogans, as juvenile as they may seem, are very effective at keeping the critics sidelined and marginalized. There is no longer any room for dissent or debate. This is always a bad sign when a movement devolves into a state of group think, because honest debate doesn’t destroy a movement, it sharpens it.

Instead, we hear that if you don’t trust Trump, you must be guilty of Trump Derangement Syndrome (TDS).

So perhaps we need to reassess who it is that’s suffering from the mental condition known as “derangement.”

I’d like to make my case for an equally dangerous, equally contagious disease called Trump Idolization Syndrome (TIS). The first step toward recovery is to admit you have it.

I suppose it comes down to . . .

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