The following quote is taken from dictionary.com Trumpism refers to the
nontraditional political philosophy and approach espoused by US President
Donald Trump and his supporters. The term Trumpism can also be used to
directly refer to an outrageous or idiosyncratic statement made by Donald
Trump.
Google Trends indicate that searches for Trumpism took off in July 2015, a
month after real estate mogul Donald Trump announced his bid for the US
presidency.
By August 2015, both senses of Trumpism were in common use in the
mainstream, making their way into major media sources.
In a July 2015 speech, then-presidential candidate Rick Perry defined
Trumpism as “a toxic mix of demagoguery, mean-spiritedness, and nonsense
that will
lead the Republican Party to perdition if pursued.” When the presidential
debates began in August 2015, lists of Trumpisms were compiled by
publications
such as The Washington Post and Politico.
Seth Millstein published a book titled Trumpisms in December 2015. The book
is a collection of “the most mind-boggling, insane, crass, ignorant, and
downright
offensive statements” from speeches, tweets, and books by Donald Trump.
The term spiked on Google Trends twice: in November 2016 and January 2017,
coinciding with the general election and the days following President Trump’s
inauguration.
As a political philosophy, Trumpism is an anti-establishment blend of
economic populism, reactionary nationalism, and strong militarism summed up
in Trump’s
campaign slogan, “Make America Great Again.” Due to bigoted statements Trump
had made and the viewpoints of some of his base, Trumpism is sometimes
associated
with white supremacy. Despite the flexibility and reversals of Trump’s
political positions, some political observers see Trumpism as a hard and
fast ideology.
Trumpisms are characteristic of Trump’s distinctive style of communicating.
Linguists explain that the president speaks in hyperbole and non-sequiturs,
which make parsing his comments in writing more difficult than understanding
them in speech or with visual cues. Trumpisms feature short, exaggerative
catchwords like Sad!, huge, and superlatives like greatest, best, or most
beautiful.
While very different in style and content, Trumpisms nod to Bushisms, former
President George W. Bush’s malapropisms and mispronunciations, such as
“nuculer”
and “misunderestimated.” Like Bushisms, Trumpisms have provided ample fodder
for comedians, notably including recurring President Trump impressions by
Alec Baldwin on Saturday Night Live.
Who uses Trumpism?
The ideological Trumpism is typically used in serious discussions of
American politics and in the context of Trump’s candidacy and presidency.
Linguistic
Trumpisms tend to be more mocking caricatures. Both meanings are generally
used by critics of the president and can be used pejoratively.
#Trumpism and #Trumpisms are both popular hashtags on Twitter, often
accompanying quotes from Donald Trump and used in critique of those quotes.
For example
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“#trumpism is giving a moving speech about the slaughter of Syrian children
while at the same preventing their escape with a travel ban.”
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Randahl Fink Isaksen @R4nd4hl Twitter (April 10, 2017)
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“Someone start a dictionary of #Trumpisms. Transparency =.evasion...
Compassion = Bombtime! Tweeting = Qualitytime! Trump =BIG BOY! Etc...”
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@mirandajseymour Twitter (April 15, 2017)
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“She was put off by Trump during the Republican primaries, strongly
preferring candidates like Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz, but now finds herself
searching
for something in Trumpism to get excited about.”
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McKay Coppins, “The Trumpist Temptation,” The Atlantic (February 25, 2017)
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