Trumpster fire
English
Etymology
Blend of Trump + dumpster fire, an analogy to the way a dumpster fire causes everybody to focus on the flames and to the destructive qualities of a fire.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈtɹʌmpstəˈfaɪ.ə(ɹ)/, /ˈtɹʌmpstəˈfaɪə(ɹ)/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈtɹʌmpstɚˈfaɪəɹ/
Noun
Trumpster fire (plural Trumpster fires)
- (US, politics, informal, derogatory) Donald Trump's use of controversy to distract the public from the perceived disastrous state of the government
- 2016 March 12, Jonah Goldberg, “In a Slow-Motion Invasion of the Body Snatchers, Media Figures Embrace Trump One by One”, in National Review:
- How you feel about Donald Trump and this “news”letter is how I feel about the raging Trumpster fire raging through my party and my country: Would that we could spare time to talk about something else.
- 2016 May 25, Eric Levitz, “Why Is Hillary Clinton Suddenly Tied in the Polls With a Widely Reviled Demagogue?”, in New York Magazine:
- And considering how thoroughly the Trumpster fire has humiliated political soothsayers this cycle, it seems unwise to offer a single, definitive answer.
- 2018 October 15, Anna Harstedt, “Witches will gather in Brooklyn to hex Brett Kavanaugh”, in Metro US:
- The book store's co-owner, Dakota Bracciale, who identifies as a witch, told Metro that the ritual is a gathering for people who want to challenge the “Trumpster fire” and Kavanaugh's SCOTUS confirmation.
- 2019 August 19, “Editorial: Trump’s plan to move BLM jobs west is a shallow pretext to gut the agency’s mission”, in Los Angeles Times:
- Part of the problem with the constant flow of news out of the White House — from offensive tweets to potentially disastrous policies — is that acts that would have seemed outrageous in previous administrations slip past, hidden by the smoke of the Trumpster fire.
- 2019, Clay Jones, Tales from the Trumpster Fire: A Cartoon Anthology:
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- 2020 January 24, Hardy Haberman, “Putting out the Trumpster fire”, in Dallas Voice:
- With regard to the Trumpster fire, voting him out of office would remove the fuel.
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See also
- Reaganomics
- Trumpster diving
References
- Trumpster fire at OneLook Dictionary Search