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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. |
** "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. |
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** Trump's 2016 campaign [[Slogans|slogans]] included "Build The Wall", "Lock Her [Hillary Clinton] Up" and "America First". |
** Trump's 2016 campaign [[Slogans|slogans]] included "Build The Wall", "Lock Her [Hillary Clinton] Up" and "America First". |
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** Trump's now-suspended Twitter feed was populated with tweets filled with the catchphrases, or [[Stock Phrases]], [ |
** Trump's now-suspended Twitter feed was populated with tweets filled with the catchphrases, or [[Stock Phrases]], [https://web.archive.org/web/20200607232314/https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/968468176639004672 "Witch Hunt!"] / [https://web.archive.org/web/20200609033514/https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/925006418989715456 "No Collusion!] (regarding the Mueller investigation) and [https://web.archive.org/web/20200611101231/https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/818990655418617856 "Fake News"] (regarding any and all negative stories about the Donald). |
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* [[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. |
* [[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. |
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{{quote|"I am the chosen one."|Donald J. Trump, [https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-us-canada-49429661 21 August 2019]}} |
{{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). |
* [[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). |
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** 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). |
** 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). |
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** Even [https://thehill.com/homenews/media/340025-tapper-so-how-is-melanias-anti-cyberbullying-campaign-going his wife Melania can't escape the iron-y grip of Trumpdom]: she advocates for the prevention of cyber-bullying while her husband - ''the most powerful man in the world'' - [ |
** Even [https://thehill.com/homenews/media/340025-tapper-so-how-is-melanias-anti-cyberbullying-campaign-going his wife Melania can't escape the iron-y grip of Trumpdom]: she advocates for the prevention of cyber-bullying while her husband - ''the most powerful man in the world'' - [https://web.archive.org/web/20200606150847/https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1029010124881453056 bullies people on the internet]. [https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/melania-trump-cyberbullying-john-brennan-donald-trump-tweet-twitter-cia-director-a8499666.html Ouch]. |
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** See [[The Nicknamer]] below: while naming Ted Cruz "Lyin' Ted" and Hillary Clinton "Crooked Hillary", Trump was (and as of early 2021 still is) himself the subject of an ongoing investigation, is ''arguably'' one of the biggest liars on the planet, and is very ''possibly'' crooked. |
** See [[The Nicknamer]] below: while naming Ted Cruz "Lyin' Ted" and Hillary Clinton "Crooked Hillary", Trump was (and as of early 2021 still is) himself the subject of an ongoing investigation, is ''arguably'' one of the biggest liars on the planet, and is very ''possibly'' crooked. |
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* [[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. |
* [[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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**" Hoax" for any bit of undeniable reality he couldn't wish out of existence. |
**" Hoax" for any bit of undeniable reality he couldn't wish out of existence. |
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* [[Witch Hunt]]: His constant refrain regarding ''any'' investigation aimed at him. |
* [[Witch Hunt]]: His constant refrain regarding ''any'' investigation aimed at him. |
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** Trump famously declared the investigation into his campaign to be a "[ |
** Trump famously declared the investigation into his campaign to be a "[https://web.archive.org/web/20200607232314/https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/968468176639004672 Witch Hunt]". The [[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 [https://medium.com/@KeithDB/a-running-tab-of-mueller-investigation-convictions-indictments-f518b9a72827 eight convictions, 27 indicted individuals and three indicted corporations] (to date,{{when}} with more to follow). On Dec 7th, 2018, Trump launched [https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1071036505676808194 a tweet about the "Witch Hunt Report."] |
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** 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". |
** 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". |
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* [[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. |
* [[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. |
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