Trumpism

Noun

Trumpism (countable and uncountable, plural Trumpisms)

1. The philosophy and politics espoused by Donald Trump.
   • What is Trumpism? Or, to put it more tartly, is there a coherent political philosophy underlying his candidacy?...There can be Reaganism without Reagan. There can be no Trumpism without Trump...Trumpism is not so much a theory of government as a celebration of one individual's claimed capacity to...2015 August 25, Ruth Marcus, “A look inside Trump's political philosophy”, in The Washington Post, →ISSN, archived from the original on 30 Nov 2015, retrieved 02 Oct 2022
   • Given Latin America's right-wing turn’s affinities with Trumpism, it is tempting to see it as part of the global wave of right-wing populism making its way through the United States and Western Europe.2018 April 16, Omar G. Encarnación, “The Trumpification of the Latin American Right”, in Foreign Policy
2. A characteristic phrase or statement made by Donald Trump.
   • "That was just painful," said one Republican official who […] added that the reality is McConnell—and Ryan and every Republican in a leadership position or facing an election challenge—"will be stuck dealing with the latest Trumpism every interview of every day, of every month until November."2016 June 5, Eric Bradner, Phil Mattingly, “Growing fear inside GOP about Trump”, in CNN, archived from the original on 30 Mar 2024, retrieved 05 Jun 2016
   • […] the term Trumpisms entered our vocabulary—complete with a dedicated website categorizing quotations in groups with dropdown menus for easier access: Trumpisms by Region, Trumpisms on Facebook, Trumpisms on Twitter.2017, Tim Muehlhoff, Richard Langer, Winsome Persuasion, page 2