Liberals Strain Themselves Trying To Rip Page From Trump’s Playbook

A nickname can immortalize a man as surely as his deeds. Vlad The Impaler. Charles The Fat (or Bald). Bill Clinton, America’s First Black President.

Democrats are well aware of the power of a good nickname. It’s the execution of a good nickname that escapes them. 

“Doodle Don is Dodging,” reads a statement from the Democratic National Committee (DNC). The “doodle” in question refers to an alleged drawing attributed to President Donald Trump by The Wall Street Journal. The outlet published a report alleging Trump sent a salacious birthday letter to Jeffrey Epstein in 2003, including a hand-drawn outline of a naked woman. (RELATED: Trump Files Suit Against Murdoch Over WSJ Epstein Story)

Trump claimed Thursday that The Wall Street Journal “printed a FAKE letter.” Among other rebuttals, the president claimed: “I don’t draw pictures.” 

Veracity of the alleged letter aside, turn to the critical matter at hand. Nicknames. Alliteration is often a component of a good one, but does not suffice in and of itself. See: “Putin’s puppet,” another pejorative for Trump that hasn’t much stuck. Outside of some easily-amused elder Democrats.

Trump loves belittling nicknames. Here’s a few accurate ones. Cheating Donald. Crybaby Donald. Blame Everybody Else Donald. -R

— Ralph Nader (@RalphNader) October 11, 2017

Knowing that nicknames tend to stick with some voters, Trump’s advisors are looking to find the right one for Kamala Harris. Trump’s favorite is “Crazy Kamala” as the press dutifully repeats his negative nicknames year after year for dozens of people. Amazingly, the Democrats do…

— Ralph Nader (@RalphNader) August 13, 2024

Lawyer and activist Ralph Nader has been trying to give Trump a nickname, in vain, for at least seven years. He offered “Blame Everybody Else Donald” in 2017, took a few years to think, then returned in 2024 to share the fruits of his contemplation: “Law Violator Don.” 

Democrats gave acronyms a spin with “Trump Always Chickens Out” (TACO). One Reddit user insists that the nickname “will stick!!!” 

A commenter chimes in with a reasoned defense of the nickname’s applicability: “In the USA, a taco is a form of fast food, and thus inferior to a real meal. Simply by using TACO about Trump, the values that Trump’s cheap, easy to make, and quickly eaten will be attached to him.”

I’d labored under the impression that a “taco” was a dish of Mexican import. Sounds unusually culturally insensitive, if you ask me. 

When all else fails, return to the well which springs eternal: Adolf Hitler.

Democratic Texas Rep. Jasmine Crockett referred to Trump as a “wannabe Hitler” in a July 20 spot on MSNBC. Former Vice President Al Gore took a more subtle approach, simply attempting to draw a historical parallel between the Trump administration and Hitler’s Third Reich. The accusation that Trump is literally Hitler is so common Newsweek ran an op-ed titled: “Trump Is Not Hitler.” (RELATED: ‘He Has Revered Hitler’: Dem Strategist Says Trump ‘Would Absolutely Try To Exterminate An Entire Group Of People’)

MSNBC’s Alex Witt hears Rep. Jasmine Crockett call Trump a “wannabe Hitler,” and she lets her talk for another 27 seconds, no objection, and then moves on to another question. The charge is just par for the MSNBC course. @PolitiFact won’t budge. pic.twitter.com/BOwYCbWhrW

— Tim Graham (@TimJGraham) July 20, 2025

Democrats are throwing spaghetti at the wall and praying it sticks. They could use a lesson from Trump in picking more adhesive projectiles. 

You can probably rattle off a handful or two of Trump-patented monikers without breaking a sweat. “Pocahontas” for Democratic Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren. “Sleepy Joe” for former President Joe Biden. “Crooked Hillary” for Hillary Clinton. For a more robust list, peruse the Wikipedia page, “List of nicknames used by Donald Trump.” 

The DNC has tried, in vain, to counter some of them. Instead of “Crooked Joe Biden,” they suggested a “better” nickname: “winner.” Whoops.

Why, exactly, are Democrats so bad at nicknames? They’re trying too hard, yes. Perhaps more saliently, they’re the party of joyless harridans. Each of their nicknames for Trump simmers with barely contained loathing. Trump, meanwhile, hands out nicknames without much provocation. “Little Marco” might become a cabinet member a few years down the line.

The advice for Democrats is the same as always. Try being a little, tiny, bit less shrill.

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