Trumpness

From Trump +‎ -ness.

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Trumpness (uncountable)

1. The property of being like Donald Trump.
   • 1989 February 19, Donald Woutat, “Don Trump: The art of the name”, in The Fresno Bee, Fresno, Calif., page D6, column 1:

     [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.”

   • 1989 June 2, Bob Sipchen, “Covering an Identity Crisis”, in Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, Calif., page 11, columns 2–3:

     (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”?)

   • 2019 November 10, Greg Hegman, “Letters to the Editor”, in Idaho Statesman, volume 155, number 108, Boise, Ida., page 11B, column 2:

     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.

   • 2020 November 4, Philip Collins, “‘Trumpness’ of Donald’s speech is key to his appeal”, in Evening Standard, London, page 14, column 2:

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

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