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Trumpsplain

Trumpsplain verb: to explain or rationalize Donald Trump (born 1946), the 45th president of the United States, or his actions, remarks, policies, or popularity.

Verb

Trumpsplain (third-person singular simple present Trumpsplains, present participle Trumpsplaining, simple past and past participle Trumpsplained)

  1. (US, ambitransitive, informal) To explain or rationalize Donald Trump (born 1946), the 45th president of the United States, or his actions, remarks, policies, or popularity.
    • "Two weeks abroad and I lost count of how many baffled Europeans asked us to explain Donald Trump," tweeted Sherry Stern, a California magazine editor who found herself Trumpsplaining in London, Cambridge and Budapest.2016 August 11, Petula Dvorak, “Americans vacationing overseas find themselves on a Donald Trump apology tour”, in The Washington Post
    • When it came to Trump, Gingrich started twerking faster than a five-buck stripper. He put his considerable conservative credibility and media skills to work Trumpsplaining how Donald's apostasies to conservative policy and principle were just fine.2018, Rick Wilson, Everything Trump Touches Dies: A Republican Strategist Gets Real About the Worst President Ever, New York, NY: Free Press, →ISBN, page 29

Forms of Trumpsplain

third-person singular presentTrumpsplains
present participleTrumpsplaining
past participleTrumpsplained
pastTrumpsplained

Origin of Trumpsplain

From Trump + -splain.

Questions about Trumpsplain

What does Trumpsplain mean?
Trumpsplain means to explain or rationalize Donald Trump (born 1946), the 45th president of the United States, or his actions, remarks, policies, or popularity.
What part of speech is Trumpsplain?
Trumpsplain is a verb.
What is the past tense of Trumpsplain?
The past tense of Trumpsplain is Trumpsplained.

Words near Trumpsplain in the dictionary

  1. Trumpression
  2. trumps
  3. trumps up
  4. Trumpski
  5. Trumpspeak
  6. Trumpsplain
  7. Trumpsplained
  8. Trumpsplaining
  9. Trumpsplains
  10. Trumpstein
  11. Trumpstein files

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