Trumpian

From Trump +‎ -ian.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈtɹʌmpɪən/

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Trumpian (comparative more Trumpian, superlative most Trumpian)

1. Resembling or pertaining to the philosophy, rhetoric, and style of Donald Trump, President of the United States from 2017 to 2021.
   • 2006 December 14, Kurt Andersen, “Because . . . Trump!”, in New York‎^[1], volume 39, page 41:

     Good times … but then, a couple of weeks ago, Daffy was suddenly sputtering at us again. Such a magnificent Trumpian performance, such an unexpected gift, such bliss. The venue, of course, was “Page Six.”

   • 2017 January 31, Elise Jordan, Time:

     Operating in a command climate of Trumpian instability, the most senior and public White House officials are party to profoundly destabilizing acts.

   • 2017 October 14, Tom Phillips, quoting Steve Tsang, “Chairman Xi crushes dissent but poor believe he’s making China great”, in The Observer‎^[2]:

     China is internationally much more accepted as being in the top league and is calling the shots … In Trumpian terms, he’s managed to make China look great again.

   • 2018, David Brody, Scott Lamb, The Faith of Donald J. Trump: A Spiritual Biography, →ISBN:

     The made-up "bible verses" were of course in the form of Trumpian tweets.

   • 2020, Garrett Epps, The Atlantic, Chuck Schumer Needs to Watch Himself, 6 March:

     Beyond that, Schumer’s threat was Trumpian—a judge who displeases me will pay a price. His retraction was equally Trumpian: I didn’t threaten anyone. It would be okay if I had because in Brooklyn we threaten people all the time, but those aren’t threats, and anyway I would never, ever do what I just did.

   • 2022 August 24, Alex Shephard, “Two of the GOP’s Worst Ghouls Lost Their Primaries”, in The New Republic‎^[3], retrieved 2022-08-24:

     Both, in true Trumpian fashion, refused to concede.

   • 2024 July 10, Cameron Joseph, Story Hinckley, “With no clear path forward, more Democrats affirm support for Biden”, in The Christian Science Monitor:

     And he’s dismayed that Mr. Biden has resorted to what he sees as Trumpian tactics to shut down dissenting voices in his party.

   Synonyms: Donald Trumpian, Trumpean, Trumpesque, Trumpish, Trumpite, Trumplike

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Trumpian (plural Trumpians)

1. (somewhat uncommon) A political supporter of Donald Trump.

   Synonyms: Trumper, Trumpist, Trumpster

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