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Meaning of Trumponomics | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

  1. The managerial precepts popularized by Donald Trump in the mid-2000s (decade) in his books and reality TV shows
    uncountable
  2. The economic ideas and policies of U.S. businessman and president Donald Trump.
    uncountable

Examples

“Sure, the guy is by far the biggest employer and financial force in Atlantic City and southern New Jersey and Trumponomics is a major concern to the city and the region.”
“2005, November 14, Mary Umberger, "Trumponomics 101", Houston Chronicle”
“While Trump has not provided specifics much beyond the 'Make America Great Again' slogan featured on his often-present baseball cap, strands of Trumponomics have trickled out amid the stream of braggadocio and ad-hominem attacks on his critics.”
“The trouble is, the choice is a dismal one. If you think Corbynomics is wacky, take a look at Trumponomics.”
“ONE of The Donald's trump cards, if you will forgive the pun, is the economy - what he calls Trumponomics. In the finest traditions of the Republican Party he would take an axe to tax.”
“Yes, I know there`s a Moody`s study claiming that Trumponomics would be a yuuge job destroyer, but I really don`t know where they got that result; the best guess seems to be that they`re assuming that former spending on imports just goes away, which is not a good assumption.”
“Trumponomics consists of three main elements: big tax cuts that are skewed toward the rich; drastic immigration reform, including the deportation of millions of undocumented workers; and protectionist measures, like hefty tariffs on goods from China and Mexico.”
“Of course, that’s what they all say. But Trumponomics goes beyond the usual Republican assertions that cutting taxes on corporations and the rich, ending environmental regulation and so on will conjure up the magic of the marketplace and make everyone prosper.”
“Just like Teddy Roosevelt before them, Donald J. Trump, Lou Dobbs and other proponents of Trumponomics seem to admire the fierce economic efficiency of Wilhelmine Germany – notably the notion that only the coordinated efforts of a strong, centralized government working hand-in-hand with ‘big business’ can generate trade surpluses over a sustained period.”
“Tariff-induced higher prices and supply chain problems are just the start of the pain Trumponomics will inflict.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

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