Reporter to Trump: “I Recovered from TDS — and You Saved Lives by Calling Out ANTIFA”

WHITE HOUSE, October 8, 2025 — At President Donald J. Trump’s ANTIFA roundtable today, Seattle journalist Brandi Kruse delivered one of the most powerful moments of the event — declaring she had recovered from “Trump Derangement Syndrome” after years of seeing firsthand how the media ignored ANTIFA’s violence.

“You’re going to hear us very fired up today,” Kruse told the President. “Some of us have been covering Antifa for 15 years and have never had anyone in a position of authority even acknowledge their existence.”

Kruse credited Trump for being the first leader to call ANTIFA what it truly is — a violent, organized domestic threat. “I genuinely believe there would be people at these tables who would be dead today if you hadn’t called them a terror organization and said you were going to bring the full weight of the federal government to bear,” she said.

The veteran reporter described how Trump’s designation changed everything on the ground:

“After you made that decision, they didn’t seem so quick to violence. They’re worried now. Once you take the mask off, they’re nothing.”

Kruse stunned the room with her next admission — saying she once suffered from Trump Derangement Syndrome.

“I had strong TDS for probably eight years. But it’s much better not to have it. I’m happier, healthier, more successful — I even think I got a little more attractive after I got rid of it,” she joked.

She reminded the press that she had been one of them.

“I was a mainstream reporter in Seattle for 10 years. I was still assaulted by ANTIFA. It’s not about being conservative — it’s about being honest. And when I saw the media refusing to tell the truth about the riots, I realized they might not be honest about President Trump either.”

Kruse called on the administration to “dismantle ANTIFA once and for all” over the next three and a half years, urging federal prosecutors to investigate the interstate coordination between Portland and Seattle militants.

President Trump responded directly:

“I think we’ve got it pretty well covered. But there are many others. And very specifically today — it’s ANTIFA, and it’s really bad. We’re going to get it cleaned up.”

The event, held at the White House, brought together independent journalists including Andy Ngo, Nick Sortor, Katie Daviscourt, Cam Higby, Jonathan Choe, James Klug, Savanah Hernandez, Nick Shirley, Brandi Kruse, and Julio Rojas, who have all documented ANTIFA’s violent attacks across Democrat-run cities.

Seattle Reporter Brandi Kruse Tells Trump: “I Recovered from Trump Derangement Syndrome — and I’m Happier, Healthier, and More Honest”

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