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In reply to the discussion: Is it appropriate or inappropriate to refer to Donald Trump as Donald Drumpf? [View all]smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)20. Isn't it his actual name before it was anglicized? I don't see the problem.
Unless you think there is something wrong with being German.
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Is it appropriate or inappropriate to refer to Donald Trump as Donald Drumpf? [View all]
DemocratSinceBirth
Jan 2017
OP
It's irrelevant. I won't call him a thing - he is not and never will be my president
NRaleighLiberal
Jan 2017
#3
"Isn't it his actual name before it was anglicized? I don't see the problem."
DemocratSinceBirth
Jan 2017
#22
Yes, but it is an actual name and it is ancestral, so it's not really an insult.
smirkymonkey
Jan 2017
#60
Isn't it his actual name before it was anglicized? I don't see the problem.
smirkymonkey
Jan 2017
#20
A lot of it feels the same....but, trump is a BIG LIAR...boosh was a slyer liar, well sort of....
Tikki
Jan 2017
#64
"Do you like it when people refer to you with a derogatory name or term? "
DemocratSinceBirth
Jan 2017
#41
How about something to do with his habit of being a polluter? That should be emphasized.
kerry-is-my-prez
Jan 2017
#44
Just remember that the family name was changed to something meaning 'fart' in English
muriel_volestrangler
Jan 2017
#55
Of all the shit going on right now, THIS is on your mind??!?!! REALLY?!?!?!!
AgadorSparticus
Jan 2017
#61