Covfefe, "many such cases", "believe me": Donald Trump has had an enormous influence on how people speak. In this episode we dissect Trump and "trumpisms" as a sociolinguistic phenomenon.

Our sources:

- https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/17/opinion/trump-speaking-style.html

- https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2024-09-25/2024-election-trump-mental-acuity

- https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/26/us/politics/overton-window-democrats.html

- https://www.ap.org/news-highlights/spotlights/2024/inside-the-weave-how-donald-trumps-rhetoric-has-grown-darker-and-windier/

- https://www.psypost.org/artificial-intelligence-reveals-trumps-language-as-both-uniquely-simplistic-and-divisive-among-u-s-presidents/

Supporters view his "meandering, convention-defying remarks" as proof that Donald Trump is "blunt" and "real," setting him apart from politicians perceived as "glued to their teleprompters". This pervasive presence of his speech, particularly through its memeability, is suggested to play a role in normalizing his policies and subtly shifting "our shared reality closer to his ideas".

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