January 30, 2023

Ron DeSanctimonious may be Trump's best insult yet

 Ron DeSanctimonious may be Trump's best insult yet
By Hal Brown


Trump is known for coining insults to use to against his enemies. He often tries them out at his rallies to gauge audience response. Most of them are juvenile, although the mental midgets at his rallies will cheer anything. He may have applause meters to see which one's are the best.

Only kidding. He'd doesn't need an electronic gadget to discern which insulting appellations elicit the loudest and most energetic cheers and of course boos from his audience. For Trump, the louder the better. 

Today Trump referred to Ron DeSantis as Ron Desantimonious as he has been doing for several months. This got me to thinking that to give begrudging credit where it is due, this a damn good insult.

This is from 

Trump attacks “globalist” Ron DeSantis over COVID response in late-night Truth Social meltdown






 

 

 

EXCERPT: Trump lashed out at the group and DeSantis in a Truth Social post shortly before 1 am on Monday.

"The Club for No Growth is a GLOBALIST group that I have been taking to the cleaners for years," Trump wrote, adding that "Ron DeSanctimonious, who I made Governor in BOTH the Primary & the General, is also a Globalist, & so are his donors."

"Jeb 'Low Energy' Bush was next to him last week," Trump wrote, referring to his old 2016 GOP primary foe. "Check PAST!"







The name he is called Ron DeSantis may be his best yet. True, Trump throwing the term "globalist" in there is a distraction since most of his cult members don't know it means a person who advocates the interpretation or planning of economic and foreign policy in relation to events and developments throughout the world. They do know it's "bad" and believe it's anti-American.

Trump posted this on Truth Social

The Club For No Growth is a GLOBALIST group that I have been taking to the cleaners for years. We worked together for a period, but they couldn’t get away from China, Europe, Asia, and part’s unknown. They know I won’t play that game, I am America First all the way. That’s the ONLY way we will MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN. Ron DeSanctimonious, who I made Governor in BOTH the Primary & the General, is also a Globalist, & so are his donors. Jeb “Low Energy” Bush was next to him last week. Check PAST!

Trump  writes "I am America First all the way." He could have come up with a new insult with the opposite of Make America First, that is Make America Last, and called these enemies "make America lasters" - I sure hope he never uses that since I don't want to think I may have provided him with an effective insult.

Back to the insult of the day:

This is from a web search of the name Ron Desantimonious:




There were mixed reviews for this name, for example (red arrow) NY Magazine called it low energy. This being said, his merely trying out this nickname got himself a lot of publicity.

For example Fox News:


I think this is actually one of, if not his more effective insulting nicknames for someone he thinks is an enemy. While not a word many, if most, of Trump's screamers and booers could define exactly, i.e., someone who makes a show of being morally superior to other people, they could tell you that it means someone who was obnoxious and acts superior.

Trump acts like he has the biggest brain and is superior to everyone but members of his cult believe he has every right to do so because all this is true. They never find him obnoxious.

What counts here is that, first, it is a "big word" showing how smart Trump is for using it, and equally important, it fits well enough with Ron DeSantis to make it resonate. It's almost but not quite a rhyme. 

The website The Focus took a deep dive into Trump's using this nickname.





Excerpt:

As soon as Donald Trump uttered the two words “Ron DeSanctimonious,” the nickname took over Twitter. In fact, on October 25, a Twitter user speculated over what nickname Trump would give Ron DeSantis, receiving more than 1,000 likes and hundreds of responses in the comments.

CNN senior commentator David Axelrod tweeted Trump’s play on words was “Kind of brilliant.”

Alex Salvi from Newsmax disagreed, writing: “Former Pres. Trump refers to Florida Gov. DeSantis as “Ron Desanctimonious.” Probably not the united messaging the GOP wants three days before the midterm elections. 


I wouldn't be surprised if Trump is the only person to have a Wikipedia page devoted just to the nicknames he has used to insult and describe people.

In scanning the list the only one that I think comes close to Ron Desantimonious is Sleepy Joe. While it is hardly clever it does play to his base effectively as depicting President Biden as someone persistently dozing off because he's too old and lacking in the energy needed to be president as opposed to Trump, the young and vital energetic macho-man he likes to portray himself as. At present DeSantis is Trump's biggest rival for the nomination. Should he run against Biden I think he'll have to do better than "Sleepy Joe" to insult him. I have a few ideas but I am not about to share them.

Trump used the word "little" (or "Liddle' " for Adam Schiff) 23 times as insults. These include Little Marco and Little Rocket Man (for Kim Jon Un). The later is probably the best of his "little" insults since it is used with "rocket man." Otherwise he's just making fun of someone's height. Of course he never called the 5' 7" Putin Little Vlad.

Below, read more with links to articles about Trump calling DeSantis Ron DeSantimonius:



Pompeo jumps to defend DeSantis after Trump's 'Ron DeSanctimonious' comment

Nov 6, 2022Ex-Secretary of State Mike Pompeo expressed his support for Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis after former President Donald Trump nicknamed the Republican "Ron DeSanctimonious" during a Pennsylvania...

Trump mocks DeSantis at Pennsylvania rally: 'Ron DeSanctimonious'

Nov 6, 2022Former President Donald Trump took a swipe at Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis at a rally on Saturday night referring to him as "Ron DeSanctimonious" in what could be a sign of growing...

Donald Trump Nicknames Gov. DeSantis: 'Ron DeSanctimonious'

Nov 6, 2022Former President Donald Trump called Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) "Ron DeSanctimonious" during his Save America rally Saturday in Latrobe, Pennsylvania. "We're winning big big big in the Republican Party for the nomination like nobody's ever seen before," he said while showing the crowd 2024 National Republican Primary Poll numbers.

'Ron DeSanctimonious' meaning explored as Trump takes aim at DeSantis

Nov 6, 2022It is a portmanteau of DeSantis and sanctimonious. According to the Cambridge dictionary, sanctimonious is an adjective to describe someone who acts as if morally better than others. Synonyms include 'holier-than-thou' and 'self-righteous'. If you are a sanctimonious leader, then you are hypocritical in your piousness.

Trump Slams DeSantis for Hedging on Presidential Run: 'Ron DeSanctimonious'

Nov 11, 2022Trump on Thursday referred to DeSantis as "Ron DeSanctimonious" and accused him of lacking "loyalty and class" by refusing to say whether he will run for president in 2024. SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images

JUST IN: Trump Mocks DeSantis During Rally: 'Ron DeSanctimonious'

At his rally in Pennsylvania, former President Trump mocked Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL).Stay ConnectedForbes on Facebook: http://fb.com/forbesForbes Video on Tw...

Trump ramps up war on 'Ron DeSanctimonious': Ex-President calls Florida ...

TodayDonald Trump lambasted Florida's governor as 'Ron DeSanctimonious' on Sunday night, punctuating the end of a weekend that saw the former president go in hard against his potential 2024 Republican ...

Trump Rages About "Globalist Ron DeSanctimonious"

TodayTrump Rages About "Globalist Ron DeSanctimonious". January 30, 2023 Infighting Is Funny, Republicans. Posted last night to Trump's Truth Social account: The Club For No Growth is a GLOBALIST group that I have been taking to the cleaners for years. We worked together for a period, but they couldn't get away from China, Europe, Asia, and ...

"Ron DeSanctimonious" - The Radio Patriot

Nov 7, 2022Trump called him Ron DeSanctimonious at a recent rally and everyone's scratching their heads over it. Pollster Richard Baris explains in a twitter thread. I'll tell everyone what it was right now, though it's not the smartest fight for REPs to have before a midterm. When Ron DeSantis is chatting with @kevinomccarthy and Team Paul Ryan ...


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1 comment:

Ben Kalom said...

Funny. Thanks.

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