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2016 Postmortem

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mia

(8,455 posts)
Thu Dec 1, 2016, 12:32 AM Dec 2016

Our nation is beset by trumpery. [View all]

I feel like the citizens of the United States are under attack. Our country is being redefined by a heartless man.



Trumpery derives from the Middle English trompery and ultimately from the Middle French tromper, meaning "to deceive." ... Trumpery first appeared in English in the mid-15th century with the meanings "deceit or fraud" (a sense that is now obsolete) and "worthless nonsense."
Trumpery | Definition of Trumpery by Merriam-Webster

www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/

trumpery: noun, plural trumperies.

1. something without use or value; rubbish; trash; worthless stuff.
2.nonsense; twaddle:
His usual conversation is pure trumpery.
3. Archaic. worthless finery.

adjective

4. of little or no value; trifling, worthless; rubbishy; trashy.

http://www.dictionary.com/browse/trumpery


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