What were the best nick-names for Trump the other day on DU???

[skip fox]

Does anyone remember.

I don't like "Tubby Trump" but it would hit him where it hurts, it's childish playground talk, and it could stick, but 1.) I'd rather not propose on which is based on physical characteristics, and 2.) I'd like to tap into the confirmation bias that Trump uses with "lyin' Ted" and "Crooked Hillary." (So that everything you see them you think of this because of their character.

Others:

Deferment Donald

Duplicitous Donald

Divorcing Donald

Tax-Dodging Donald

Draft-Dodging Donald

Hey, Dodging Donald works for both.

Draft Ducking Donald (Donald Duck, get it)

Greedy Donald

Hating Donald

Dangerous Donald

Ducky Donald

Donald Muck

Deporting Donald

Teasty Trump

[malaise]

1. Dodgy Don the Con n/t

[skip fox]

2. Tricky Duck!

[Scientific]

9. "Dodgy Don" really works. I vote for that.

You don't need to add the "con" part. Self-explanatory.

"Dodgy Don" is short, punchy, memorable and gob-smackingly spot on true, without being gross..

[malaise]

13. Not mine borrowed it from a fellow DUer

Will check the user name again

[Matt_in_STL]

3. I prefer, "The Taint" as a nickname for him

Or I could settle for just referring to him as "Chapter 11". No need to include any part of his name in it.

[Wellstone ruled]

4. Con Man Don!

[nolabear]

5. I suggested Two-Faced Trump. I still like that.

[lame54]

6. Jaundice Face

[skip fox]

7. How about

Daffy Donald!!!


Make you think of Daffy Duck think of Donald Duck) and if fits the confirmation bias, we all thinks he's daffy.

[FoxNewsSucks]

8. I like "Dodging Donald",

Short, simple, & it's a D-word.

Plus, in addition to dodging the draft and dodging taxes, Dodging Donald tRump also dodges the truth even more.

That could catch on even among the ignorant Lyin-Ted supporters.

[skip fox]

14. You're right. It's the best so far,

but I didn't get a chance to read the list of suggestions from a day or so ago.

[maxrandb]

10. Donny Short-fingers n/t

[napkinz]

12. Chicken Little Hands!

[ProgressiveEconomist]

11. "Don Combover"

to emphasize his cozy organized-crime ties.

I don't think this was in the prior thread.

[GaYellowDawg]

15. Good lord, people. You gotta keep it simple.

The reason why Trump's nicknames have stuck is because they're 2 syllable words. Catchy. Easy to say. No one is going to go around saying "Duplicitous Donald." Or "Draft Dodging Donald." All you need is Phony Donald. It fits him perfectly. It fits today's dust-up. Phony Donald said he raised money for veterans, but the press had to badger him into it. Phony Donald called the press liars, when he actually lies all the time. And so forth.

[skip fox]

18. The question is

is Phony Donald better than my Dodging Donald, and I would say it is.

Dodging Donald speaks to an activity which is best applied to his relationship with the draft, the IRS, and the truth. That's pretty good.

BUT

Phony Donald, while lacking the alliteration, speaks to his essence. Dodging is just the manifestation of that essence.

Trump's nicknames at times focus on essence (Crooked Hillary, Low-Energy Jeb) and at times on its manifestations (Lyin' Ted), but they are always best when they (as Scott Adams said on Real Time last Friday) confirm a pre-existing perception of the figure and work even better when every time you see the figure the nickname is applicable.

So everytime you see Trump you will think Phony Donald, and his mannerisms and speech and lifestyle and change of ideas, and non-ideas. etc, all confirm the notion of phoniness.

I suggest we try to engrain Phony Donald on the public mind.

[Fozzledick]

16. Trumpty Dumpty

[applegrove]

17. Chicken Trump!