Meaning of Trumpness | Babel Free

Definitions

The property of being like Donald Trump.

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Examples

“[Ira] Bachrach adds: “The more you dilute the name⟳, the more apparent it is to people that it is just a rubber stamp⟳ being used indiscriminately, and the less it is perceived to have⟳ a unique attribute of Trumpness.””

“(Clue to today’s quiz: In her introduction to the Esquire profiles, to whom is Nora Ephron referring when she writes: “Look⟳ how happy he is in his Trumphood; look⟳ how merrily he floats in his Trumpdom; look⟳ how brightly he wallows in his Trumpness”?)”

“And the most recent and disturbing example, Mike Pence, a devout Christian, abandoning his truthfulness, tainting his ability to stand⟳ above Trumpness, by saying Trump “did not mean⟳ what he said” in calling for the Ukraine and China to dig⟳ up dirt on Biden.”

“Indeed, the very Trumpness of his speech is the key to the President’s appeal.”

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