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  • adjective Of or pertaining to Donald Trump (born 1946), American business magnate, socialite, author and television personality.

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Trump +‎ -ian

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Examples

  • After promising in typical Trumpian modesty to replace a restaurant at a landmark New York beach with "the finest dining and banquet facility anywhere in the world," Donald Trump seethes four years later that visitors still must pass what he calls "a rat-infested dump."

    Trump stymied in bid to build at NY's Jones Beach AP 2010

  • WANTAGH, N.Y. mdash; After promising in typical Trumpian modesty to replace a restaurant at a landmark New York beach with the finest dining and banquet ...

    Trump stymied in bid to build at NY's Jones Beach AP 2010

  • After promising in typical Trumpian modesty to replace a restaurant at a landmark New York beach with "the finest dining and banquet facility anywhere in the world," Donald Trump seethes four years later that visitors still must pass what he calls "a rat-infested dump."

    Trump stymied in bid to build at NY's Jones Beach The Huffington Post News Team 2010

  • After promising in typical Trumpian modesty to replace a restaurant at a landmark New York beach with "the finest dining and banquet facility anywhere in the world," Donald Trump seethes four years later that visitors still must pass what he calls "a rat-infested dump."

    Trump stymied in bid to build at NY's Jones Beach AP 2010

  • WANTAGH, N.Y. mdash; After promising in typical Trumpian modesty to replace a restaurant at a landmark New York beach with the finest dining and banquet ...

    Trump stymied in bid to build at NY's Jones Beach AP 2010

  • A New York Times columnist also recycles a Trumpian fairy tale in which this master publicity seeker reveals that in some cases he told banks not to finance his projects because they were a "bad deal."

    Danny Schechter: Did God Do It? Blaming The Crisis On The Divine 2009

  • A New York Times columnist also recycles a Trumpian fairy tale in which this master publicity seeker reveals that in some cases he told banks NOT to finance his projects because they were a “bad deal.”

    God Did It 2008

  • "Metro" condemns the new capitalist spirit that the production celebrates with Trumpian gusto, and offers three contradictory endings -- sad, wistful and celebratory - to cover all its ideological bets.

    A Chorus Lineski 2008

  • Donald Trump, the world's most Trumpian developer, has threatened several times to erect the world's tallest building, and last year he tried again, on a prime riverfront site in Chicago.

    High Time 2007

  • A Trumpian figure, he palled around with celebrities (he seemed close to Ann Miller) and went dancing with assorted L.A. showgirls.

    Nancy Jo Sales on Paris and Nicky Hilton Sales, Nancy Jo 2000

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  • "American business magnate, socialite, author and television personality."

    Oh yeah, he is also President...

    March 26, 2018