Donald Trump: Difference between revisions

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He faced [[Hillary Clinton]] in the 2016 general election. He campaigned on a platform promising renegotiating several "disastrous" international trade deals, stronger enforcement of immigration laws, reform of veterans' care, repeal and replacement of Obamacare, abolition of Common Core education standards, investments in the country's infrastructure, ending corruption in Washington D.C. and a simplified tax code with lower rates. His primary slogan was "Make America Great Again"<ref>The slogan also harkens back to [[Ronald Reagan]]'s slogans in [[The Eighties]], though Trump himself disagreed with Reagan on some stances.</ref> with secondary slogans including "Build the Wall", "Drain the Swamp", and "He's With Me" (a jab at his opponent's main slogan "I'm With Her"). Originally predicted by the majority of the media polling to lose in a landslide (born of an incorrect assumption turnout demographics would equal that of the 2008 election), he would up winning several states in the "Rust Belt" previously thought Democrat strongholds such as Michigan and Pennsylvania.

He is the oldest first term president and the ''only'' US president who has never held prior political office or military rank<ref>He joins [[William Howard Taft]] and [[Herbert Hoover]] on the list of never holding ''elected'' office or military rank, but Donald Trump was never appointed to any office either.</ref> and his wife Melania Trump is the second foreign born First Lady<ref>English-born Louisa Catherine Johnson Adams, First Lady to John Quincy Adams (6th President of the United States), was the first.</ref>.

He is the oldest first-term president and the ''only'' US president who has never held prior political office or military rank<ref>He joins [[William Howard Taft]] and [[Herbert Hoover]] on the list of never holding ''elected'' office or military rank, but Donald Trump was never appointed to any office either.</ref> and his wife Melania Trump is the second foreign-born First Lady<ref>English-born Louisa Catherine Johnson Adams, First Lady to John Quincy Adams (6th President of the United States), was the first.</ref>.

He is the third president to have been impeached (21 years less a day after [[Bill Clinton]] was), the first to have been impeached during his first term of office, and the first to be impeached twice.

He is the third president to have been impeached (twenty-one years less a day after [[Bill Clinton]] was), the first to have been impeached during his first term of office, and the first to be impeached twice. He is also the first president to have been [[Persona Non Grata|banned from all major social media sites for misleading information and inciting violence.

Some editors would probably have some triumphant line of argument to add here in support or opposition of any of those, but [[Rule of Cautious Editing Judgment|they should know better]].

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The week starting 7th January, 2019 (first Monday of January) saw the Democratic takeover of Congress, and Trump making enemies anew:

*'''House Speaker Nancy Pelosi''': after a 35 day government shutdown, she was able to get Trump to back down from his demands for $5.7 billion to finance his border wall.<ref>[https://eu.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2019/01/25/shutdown-donald-trumps-feud-nancy-pelosi-may-hinder-deal/2669909002/ Trump Backs Down] ''usatoday.com''</ref> That he met his match (justified nemesis) and was ultimately beaten (''and by a woman no less'') is evidenced by the fact he was unable to minimise her through the filter of a derogatory nickname. (see "The Nicknamer" below).

*'''House Speaker Nancy Pelosi''': after a thirty-five-day government shutdown, she was able to get Trump to back down from his demands for $5.7 billion to finance his border wall.<ref>[https://eu.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2019/01/25/shutdown-donald-trumps-feud-nancy-pelosi-may-hinder-deal/2669909002/ Trump Backs Down] ''usatoday.com''</ref> That he met his match (justified nemesis) and was ultimately beaten (''and by a woman no less'') is evidenced by the fact he was unable to minimise her through the filter of a derogatory nickname. (see "The Nicknamer" below).

{{quote|"No one should ever underestimate the speaker...As Donald Trump has learned."|Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer}}

Ongoing:

* The media - or "Fake News" - whom he labelled the "Enemy of the People".<ref>[https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1070877666654519297 Fake News] ''twitter.com''</ref>

* The media - or "Fake News" - whom he labelled the "Enemy of the People".<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20201106081103/https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1070877666654519297 Fake News] ''twitter.com''</ref>

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** "Make America Great Again" (MAGA for short) was his election version. It wasn't original: he re-purposed "Let's make America great again" from [[w:Make_America_Great_Again|Reagan's 1980 campaign]]. Although he intended on using "Keep America Great" as his 2020 version, it wasn't seen as much as the original.

** Trump's 2016 campaign [[Slogans|slogans]] included "Build The Wall", "Lock Her [Hillary Clinton] Up" and "America First".

** Trump's Twitter feed is populated with tweets filled with the catchphrases, or [[Stock Phrases]], [https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/968468176639004672 "Witch Hunt!"] / [https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/925006418989715456 "No Collusion!] (regarding the Mueller investigation) and [https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/818990655418617856 "Fake News"] (regarding any and all negative stories about the Donald).

** Trump's now-suspended Twitter feed was populated with tweets filled with the catchphrases, or [[Stock Phrases]], [http://web.archive.org/web/20200607232314/https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/968468176639004672 "Witch Hunt!"] / [http://web.archive.org/web/20200609033514/https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/925006418989715456 "No Collusion!] (regarding the Mueller investigation) and [http://web.archive.org/web/20200611101231/https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/818990655418617856 "Fake News"] (regarding any and all negative stories about the Donald).

* [[The Chosen One]]: Repeatedly invoked and lampshaded by Trump himself, as well as some of his allies. Has been spoken of in religious terms among his followers, such as when Rick Perry told Trump that he was God's chosen one. Trump also refers to himself as the only one who could have done X, for a whole host of X.

{{quote|"I am the chosen one."|Donald J. Trump, [https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-us-canada-49429661 21 August 2019]}}

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* [[Irony]]: inverted: Trump claimed to hire the best people, only to systematically fire them one by one, and for a number of them to end up indicted, pleading guilty and then put on trial (Flynn, Manafort, Gates, Cohen etc).

** He launched a tirade of abuse at Omarosa Manigault Newman, calling her a "crazed lowlife" and a "dog". He has known and worked with her for 15 years, and has fired her 4 times (3 times on "The Apprentice", once IRL).

** Even his wife Melania can't escape the iron-y grip of Trumpdom<ref>[https://thehill.com/homenews/media/340025-tapper-so-how-is-melanias-anti-cyberbullying-campaign-going Melania's Anti Bullying Campaign] ''thehill.com''</ref>: she advocates for the prevention of cyber-bullying while her husband - ''the most powerful man in the world'' - bullies people on the internet.<ref>[https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1029010124881453056 Trump tweet] ''twitter.com''</ref> Ouch.<ref>[https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/melania-trump-cyberbullying-john-brennan-donald-trump-tweet-twitter-cia-director-a8499666.html Melania on Cyber-Bullying] ''independent.co.uk''</ref>

** Even his wife Melania can't escape the iron-y grip of Trumpdom<ref>[https://thehill.com/homenews/media/340025-tapper-so-how-is-melanias-anti-cyberbullying-campaign-going Melania's Anti Bullying Campaign] ''thehill.com''</ref>: she advocates for the prevention of cyber-bullying while her husband - ''the most powerful man in the world'' - bullies people on the internet.<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20200606150847/https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1029010124881453056 Trump tweet] ''twitter.com''</ref> Ouch.<ref>[https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/melania-trump-cyberbullying-john-brennan-donald-trump-tweet-twitter-cia-director-a8499666.html Melania on Cyber-Bullying] ''independent.co.uk''</ref>

** see [[The Nicknamer]] below: whilst naming Ted Cruz "Lyin' Ted" and Hillary Clinton "Crooked Hillary", Trump is himself the subject of an ongoing investigation, is ''arguably'' one of the biggest liars on the planet, and is very ''possibly'' crooked.

* [[It Will Never Catch On]]: Outside of his own campaign team the number of political pundits, analysts, or insiders even remotely willing to entertain the idea that Donald Trump could successfully be elected President could literally be counted on the fingers of one hand. Then he proved them wrong by winning.

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** As an example of the comic relief part, on his 6th day on the job, he called a reporter and demanded for her source on the record, then promised to fire everyone in the department if she didn't reveal the leak's source, then said he knew it was Chief of Staff Reince Priebus, while wrapping up that he wasn't going to "suck his own cock like [Steve] Bannon." All on the record. The incident that leaked which was "a threat to the American country"? The fact that he, the president, and Sean Hannity had dinner together.

* [[Presenters]]: For ''[[The Apprentice (TV series)|The Apprentice]]''.

* [[Propaganda Machine]]: The @realDonaldTrump [[Twitter]] feed and the ecosystem of right-wing and far-right news outlets that fed off it.

* [[Propaganda Machine]]: The now-defunct @realDonaldTrump [[Twitter]] feed and the ecosystem of right-wing and far-right news outlets that fed off it.

* [[Psychopathic Manchild]]: A characterization made of him by persons from all over the political spectrum.

* [[Public Relations Ad]]: He's a master of advertisement. It works, obviously… and tricky enough that it's hard to tell where it ends.

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**" Hoax" for any bit of undeniable reality he couldn't wish out of existence.

* [[Witch Hunt]]: His constant refrain regarding ''any'' investigation aimed at him.

** Trump famously declared the investigation into his campaign to be a "Witch Hunt".<ref>[https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/968468176639004672 "WITCH HUNT!" - Trump tweet] ''twitter.com''</ref> The [[Irony|irony]] is, that so-called "witch hunts" are supposed to be in effect when evidence is ''scarce'', whereas Special Investigator Robert Mueller III (sounds like a modern day "Witch Hunter General") has produced 8 convictions, 27 indicted individuals and 3 indicted corporations (to date, with more to follow).<ref>[https://medium.com/@KeithDB/a-running-tab-of-mueller-investigation-convictions-indictments-f518b9a72827 Running Tab of Mueller Indictments] ''medium.com''</ref> On Dec 7th, 2018, Trump launched a tweet about the "Witch Hunt Report."<ref>[https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1071036505676808194 "Witch Hunt Report"] ''twitter.com''</ref>

** Trump famously declared the investigation into his campaign to be a "Witch Hunt".<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20200607232314/https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/968468176639004672 "WITCH HUNT!" - Trump tweet] ''twitter.com''</ref> The [[Irony|irony]] is, that so-called "witch hunts" are supposed to be in effect when evidence is ''scarce'', whereas Special Investigator Robert Mueller III (sounds like a modern day "Witch Hunter General") has produced 8 convictions, 27 indicted individuals and 3 indicted corporations (to date, with more to follow).<ref>[https://medium.com/@KeithDB/a-running-tab-of-mueller-investigation-convictions-indictments-f518b9a72827 Running Tab of Mueller Indictments] ''medium.com''</ref> On Dec 7th, 2018, Trump launched a tweet about the "Witch Hunt Report."<ref>[https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1071036505676808194 "Witch Hunt Report"] ''twitter.com''</ref>

** As Congress prepared to impeach him a second time for riling up an angry mob and aiming them at the US Capitol on January 6, 2021, Trump insisted that he'd done nothing wrong and the last-minute impeachment was yet another "witch hunt".

* [[With Us or Against Us|With Me or Against Me]]: Either you were [[Undying Loyalty|100% loyal]] to Trump, or you were an enemy to be crushed. Republicans who criticized him were blasted as "RINO"s (Republicans in Name Only), and when long-time boosters FOX News actually reported something that did not reflect well on him, he attacked them instantly.