Rep. Troy Nehls (R-Texas) is facing heavy backlash online after praising President Donald Trump in sweeping, surreal terms—including saying he was “born a very special baby” and proposing a fund for people he derided as suffering from “Trump derangement syndro
Rep. Troy Nehls (R-Texas) stepped into the spotlight again—this time not with a policy fight, but with praise so extravagant it left critics scrambling to find the right historical comparison.
In comments that spread quickly on social media. Nehls declared. “Donald Trump is the best thing to happen in this country in a hundred years.” He added a line that many users found both jarring and unmistakably over the top: “He was born a very special baby. I bet you the doctors said, ‘I can tell this is a very special baby.’”.
The remarks didn’t stop there. Nehls also floated what he framed as a solution for Trump’s critics. suggesting “a special fund to help treat people with so-called ‘Trump derangement syndrome. ’” the made-up affliction Trump uses to dismiss those who oppose him. “Maybe we ought to provide some counseling for all the nutjobs out there that think Donald Trump is the worst thing. ” Nehls said.
For many observers, the internet reaction was swift and pointed: critics likened the tone of his praise to North Korean-style propaganda.
Ne hls’s critics weren’t judging a one-off gaffe. They pointed to a longer pattern of unabashed admiration for Trump. In 2024. Nehls told a version of the “if Trump says it. we do it” story. saying. “If Donald Trump says. ‘Jump three feet high and scratch your head. ’ we all jump three feet high and scratch our heads. That’s it.”.
Earlier this year, Nehls made another splash at a high-profile moment, wearing “a necktie with Trump’s face all over it” to the State of the Union. After the speech, he asked the president to sign it.
That background is part of why this latest set of remarks landed the way it did. When a lawmaker repeatedly signals loyalty in theatrical ways. every new line becomes part of the same public performance—only this time. the performance veered into territory that many critics say feels closer to myth-making than politics.
Where the situation goes next is less about whether Nehls will keep showing up for Trump and more about how much backlash he can absorb before it spills from social media into the real-world consequences that follow members of Congress when their rhetoric outruns their district’s tolerance.
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Man they’re praising him like he’s literally a baby Jesus or whatever.
I saw the headline and thought it was satire, but apparently he really said that?? Like that fund for “derangement syndrome” is just insulting. Also the tie with Trump face all over it… cmon.
So wait, he’s roasted for saying Trump was a “special baby” but people don’t roast him for other stuff? Sounds like the same cycle. And isn’t “Trump derangement syndrome” just a joke he says, why is everyone acting like it’s a legit diagnosis lol. I’m confused how this turns into North Korea propaganda too.
This is exactly what happens when they worship a politician instead of doing their job. Nehls sounds like he’s trying to rewrite history where Trump can do no wrong, and everyone else is “deranged.” But then the article says “real-world consequences” like what, he’s gonna fund something and it’ll hurt people? I swear people online just pick one weird quote and run with it, yet it still sticks. Also Troy Nehls always had weird energy to me, even before the tie thing.