Thursday, November 06, 2025

Trump Embarrasses Himself (Again), Discovers “New Word”

Trump on Wednesday tried to explain the Republican Party's steep election losses this week in part on a failure of language, specifically, a failure to use a "new word." Many blamed the GOP defeat on a mix of Trump's own unpopularity (his approval rating just reached a new low) and consumer frustration at continued inflation. But the president insisted everything is moving in the right direction. The only issue, he said, is that Republicans don't talk about it enough. "They have this new word called affordability,'" Trump explained during a Fox News interview. "And they don't talk about it enough."

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The word "affordability" isn't new; the

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Here's another "new" word for Old Yeller: "ignoramus."

#1 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2025-11-06 07:18 AM

"I'm very highly educated," Trump told supporters [in 2015]. "I know words, I know the best words. But there's no better word than stupid."
"Donald Trump takes credit for a new word' " a word first used in the 16th century"
www.masslive.com

#2 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2025-11-06 07:51 AM

Can we please stop acting as if he has the ability to actually follow through on the campaign promises?

Both because he doesn't give a s*&^ about the average person and if it comes down to profit for his buddies and that new word, affordability, affordability will be "what, I've never heard of that before in my life" the next morning and because they were empty, cynical promises to begin with believed by people who wanted to believe because they're coming from Dear Leader, not because they had any real merit.

#3 | Posted by jpw at 2025-11-06 09:15 AM

he has the ability to actually follow through on the campaign promises?

Anyone who thought a billionaire was going to lower prices is a special kind of stupid.

He never had any intention of do anything to help the middle class ever. Period.

#4 | Posted by Nixon at 2025-11-06 10:14 AM

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