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* [[Refuge in Audacity]]: To the point that it becomes a deliberate use of the [[Big Lie|"Big Lie" technique]].
* [[Refuge in Audacity]]: To the point that it becomes a deliberate use of the [[Big Lie|"Big Lie" technique]].
* [[The Remnant]]: Even before the inauguration of President Biden, Trump was planning and raising money for a 2024 presidential bid, with millions of loyal followers expected to support him. While the fallout from the January 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol may have damaged this plan, it hasn't crippled it, and as of late January 2021 he was reported to be considering founding a new political party entirely.
* [[The Remnant]]: Even before the inauguration of President Biden, Trump was planning and raising money for a 2024 presidential bid, with millions of loyal followers expected to support him. While the fallout from the January 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol may have damaged this plan, it hasn't crippled it, and as of late January 2021 he was reported to be considering founding a new political party entirely.
** A year and a half later no such party had been formed, and Trump's fund-raising campaigns had come under investigation for fraud.
* [[The Rival]]: In the Republican Party, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has been seen as his biggest rival for a potential third run in 2024. Seeing as losing Florida almost always means losing the primary election for the GOP, Trump's attacks on DeSantis are almost as nasty as the ones made towards Democrats.
* [[The Rival]]: In the Republican Party, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has been seen as his biggest rival for a potential third run in 2024. Seeing as losing Florida almost always means losing the primary election for the GOP, Trump's attacks on DeSantis are almost as nasty as the ones made towards Democrats.


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* [[Screw the Rules, I Have Money]]: Pretty much the mantra defining most of Trump's adult life.
* [[Screw the Rules, I Have Money]]: Pretty much the mantra defining most of Trump's adult life.
* [[Screw the Rules, I Have Connections]]: Subverted. He may have ''thought'' his Supreme Court appointees would side with him, but three unanimous rulings refusing to hear his voter fraud claims and another refusal to hear Texas' challenge to state voting laws show otherwise. Two of his appointees also ruled against the third challenge to the Affordable Care Act, the 7-2 ruling even having one less dissenter than the second time.
* [[Screw the Rules, I Have Connections]]: Subverted. He may have ''thought'' his Supreme Court appointees would side with him, but three unanimous rulings refusing to hear his voter fraud claims and another refusal to hear Texas' challenge to state voting laws show otherwise. Two of his appointees also ruled against the third challenge to the Affordable Care Act, the 7-2 ruling even having one less dissenter than the second time.
** Similarly almost every time he or his legal team appeared to have been relying on a lower-level Trump appointee to automatically rule in their favor regardless of the law, they have been disappointed.
* [[Screw the Rules, I Make Them]]: Trump as President was described as "norm-breaking" and as willfully ignoring the limits, both written and unwritten, to a President's power and behavior.
* [[Screw the Rules, I Make Them]]: Trump as President was described as "norm-breaking" and as willfully ignoring the limits, both written and unwritten, to a President's power and behavior.
** According to his White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham, this was a constant in Trump's White House. "He would roll his eyes at the rules, so we did, too," Grisham is quoted as saying in [https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/02/12/trump-15-boxes/ a February 2022 interview] with ''The Washington Post''. "We weren't going to get in trouble because he's the president of the United States." She also described an occasion where she expressed concern about violations of the [[w:Hatch Act|Hatch Act]], only for Trump to respond, "Who’s the boss of the Hatch Act? It’s me. So say whatever you want."
** According to his White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham, this was a constant in Trump's White House. "He would roll his eyes at the rules, so we did, too," Grisham is quoted as saying in [https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/02/12/trump-15-boxes/ a February 2022 interview] with ''The Washington Post''. "We weren't going to get in trouble because he's the president of the United States." She also described an occasion where she expressed concern about violations of the [[w:Hatch Act|Hatch Act]], only for Trump to respond, "Who’s the boss of the Hatch Act? It’s me. So say whatever you want."
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