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Wiz Imp

(5,089 posts)
Wed May 14, 2025, 08:05 PM May 14

OMG. Trump says he just invented a new word (Psst! Don't tell him it's been around for 400 years)

https://www.nj.com/politics/2025/05/trump-says-he-just-invented-a-new-word-psst-dont-tell-him-its-been-around-for-400-years.html

Remember when Donald Trump discovered the word “groceries” and then felt he had to teach us what it meant?
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“The rest of the world is going to have to pay a little more and America is going to pay a lot less,” Trump said. “Again, because it’s a much smaller population than when you think of the whole world. Basically what we’re doing is equalizing. It’s a new word that I came up, which I think is probably the best word.

“We’re all going to pay the same. We’re going to pay what Europe is going to pay, what we’re all going to pay. There may be some countries in dire need and I would be willing to sacrifice that, to help them. But it’s called ‘most favored nation.’ We’re going to pay the lowest price there is in the world.”

According to Webster’s dictionary, “equalize” was first used in 1599. The derivation, equalizing, arrived sometime during the early 1800’s.
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OMG. Trump says he just invented a new word (Psst! Don't tell him it's been around for 400 years) (Original Post) Wiz Imp May 14 OP
Oh lord,... magicarpet May 14 #1
🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄 Rebl2 May 14 #2
The process of equalizing results in equity MadLinguist May 14 #3
The sad part is, a sizeable number of republicans Emile May 14 #4
Yeah, but does trump know the definition of the word ..... IcyPeas May 14 #5
Trump has had several new words he claimed to originate. Norrrm May 14 #6
If F47 can be convinced that he also invented "diversity" and "inclusion"... 0rganism May 14 #7
Yeah, that word has been around for awhile... Liberal In Texas May 14 #8
Disgusting ignorance, the world scoundrels laughing & lovng it. UTUSN May 14 #9

magicarpet

(18,265 posts)
1. Oh lord,...
Wed May 14, 2025, 08:16 PM
May 14

.... is he experiencing another senior moment with his infatuation of the word....... groceries ?

MadLinguist

(873 posts)
3. The process of equalizing results in equity
Wed May 14, 2025, 08:46 PM
May 14

Uhh oh. Will there any acts of including or diversifying?

0rganism

(25,070 posts)
7. If F47 can be convinced that he also invented "diversity" and "inclusion"...
Wed May 14, 2025, 10:01 PM
May 14

...maybe we'd get a head start on rebuilding human decency before the end of the decade.

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