It is deflection. Trump cultists obviously suffers from some kind of Trump derangement syndrome, there is no question about that. But Trump and his supporters have long since learnt that you can preempt accurate accusations by accusing your enemies of what you are really guilty of.

If only there was that level of self-awareness. TDS is used by his supporters, to suggest that the only reason people say anything negative about Trump is a delusional hatred of him, rather than, you know, the mountain of evidence.