Michael Goodwin: Trump Derangement Syndrome continues to fuel the left’s dangerous and misleading agenda

But as time passed and insane behavior by the president’s opponents became widely embedded in key people and institutions, any whiff of humor faded into history.

Especially during a time of war with a deadly, fanatical enemy, an irrational hatred of our commander in chief by powerful Americans is not a laughing matter.

All the more so when the infected include the top Democrat in Washington and the editors of America’s largest newspaper.

Revealing scenarios in recent days that involve Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and The New York Times illustrate how hatred of the president has distorted their judgments and undercut their patriotism.

Schumer’s dive into the gutter took place on MS NOW, where host Joe Scarborough, hardly a Trump fanboy, grew frustrated as Schumer repeatedly refused to give a direct answer to a direct question: