Donald Trump's dreaded nickname: 'the former guy'
18 Feb, 2021 08:52 PM
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President Biden is intent on moving focus away from his predecessor. Photo / AP
New York Times
OPINION:
I've got to say I loved it when Joe Biden described Donald Trump as "the former guy".
This was at a CNN town hall, and Biden was pursuing his goal of changing the subject
from … his predecessor. Part of the strategy seems to be avoiding his actual name.
Excellent agenda. Sitting in disgraced, double-impeached political purgatory, Trump has been trying to retrain the world to refer to him as "the 45th president" during his unwelcome retirement. (If you are lucky enough to get a mass email from him, the return address will be "45 office"). How cool would it be if he had to sit in front of the TV listening to people talk about "the former guy"?