Who would ever think of Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump as someone who brags? I mean he is so humble and selfless and modest. In case you don’t realize, I am being sarcastic!
In the first head-to-head presidential debate last night, Trump used a word that got everybody to search Google. That word was ‘braggadocious,’ and he used it while he was bragging about how rich he is.
That’s right, Trump told us he is really rich (I don’t use this in a braggadocious way) and all the while he is also telling us he doesn’t brag.
Trump told us many things during this debate, one thing being that he is withholding his tax returns. The same ones that would actually prove how rich or poor he really is. Who does this impress? Is the presidency a competition for the richest among us?
When casting their vote, they might just think:
“I know, I will vote for the richest one!”
Merriam-Webster was on the case, and when Trump used the word ‘Braggadocious,’ they tweeted:
He was trying for braggadocio. #debatenight #debates https://t.co/kX2W3xEROR https://t.co/11JTCLer3w
— Merriam-Webster (@MerriamWebster) September 27, 2016
Embarrassingly, the same dictionary also said that ‘stamina’ was in their top 5 words being looked up during the debate. It really makes you question the vocabulary being taught in schools today.
Twitter users also noted the unusual word usage with this tweet:
I believe a million people just googled the word #Braggadocious and thought "wow…that is a word" #debatenight
— Chris Hoffer (@PFF_Hoffer) September 27, 2016
And this:
You heard it here first folks: supercifragilisticexpi #braggadocious. #debatenight
— Michelle Webber (@M_L_Webber) September 27, 2016
Back To Trump
If you are a rich, selfish, childish, simplistic man, who has turned millions of dollars into billions of dollars, does that mean you should represent the American people as president, many of whom are living in poverty? Most Americans pay taxes, and here is a man who says he is really smart for avoiding them.
Imagine if we all did that? If he is smart, what does that make the rest of us?
I (and countless others) am concerned that his presence on reality television as a business man who fires people ruthlessly, is being confused with him actually being able to do the job of president.
We haven’t really blurred the lines between TV/reality and reality/reality so much, that he could be our next president, have we?
This election campaign has become somewhat of a circus mixed with a WWE wrestling match. Bernie Sanders says it here:
What we have to do is focus on the issues, not see tonight as an entertainment show. #debatetonight
— Bernie Sanders (@BernieSanders) September 26, 2016
Watch Trump get schooled by Merriam Webster after using a word so big he can barely say it, let alone understand it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6weJKMmOMM
Watch here, it has already been made into a song:
Featured image a You Tube screengrab.
