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**Similarly, the White House excused his fervent declaration that Democrats were "treasonous" and "un-American" for staying seated during his 2018 State of the Union speech as [https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-joking-excuse-democrats-treason-2018-2 "just joking"].
** Given that Trump [[No Sense of Humor|shows no evidence he even possesses a sense of humor]], it's amazing how many jokes he told from the Presidential podium that nobody noticed until his staff pointed them out. Trump would also occasionally subvert his staff's efforts by contradicting them and insisting he really was serious.
* [[Karma Houdini]]:
** Despite [[w:First impeachment of Donald Trump|being impeached in 2019 for abuse of power and obstruction of Congress]], the Senate refused to bring him to trial.
** While [https://www.snopes.com/news/2016/08/01/donald-trumps-bankruptcies/ over a dozen of his businesses have failed and six more of his businesses have declared bankruptcy], he has never declared personal bankruptcy.
** [[w:Impeachment of Bill Clinton|Two allegations of sexual impropriety]] were enough to get [[Bill Clinton]] impeached. [https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-sexual-assault-allegations-all-list-misconduct-karen-johnson-how-many-a9149216.html Forty-three allegations of sexual impropriety] were not enough to bring Trump to court.
{{quote|In truth, the question of whether Trump is held to normal standards of accountability is hardly new — it's been the soundtrack of his presidency, and arguably his entire adult life.|Keith Boag|"[https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/trump-impeachment-republican-party-1.5893233 Can America handle the truth about Trump?]", January 29, 2021}}
* [[Kicked Upstairs]]: Picking South Carolina governor Nikki Haley, a critic of his, as Ambassador to the UN has been described as this. The position would give her a position with no actual power to an organization Trump has repeatedly called a joke and would make South Carolina's lieutenant governor, who is more supportive of Trump, the governor.
* [[Know-Nothing Know-It-All]]: It was a frequent boast of his during his presidency was that he ''always'' knew more than any expert. According to Trump, he was a military genius, a prodigy in economics, and a master of all matters medical, among many other fields. This was how he was able, for instance, to confidently declare COVID-19 was a hoax, a mild flu, ''and'' a dangerous disease that would never enter the United States, all at once.
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