Fighting Fire With Fire

[I may not like it, but it sure seems like it could work.]
Donald Trump has a rather sickening way with words, weaponizing them in awful ways. Steve Almond has ideas for fighting back:

Trump’s budget bill (for instance) could become the “big, beautiful boondoggle.”

Why? Because this phrase establishes a linguistic frame that identifies the legislation for what it might be: the largest transfer of wealth from poor people to rich people in American history.

Trump himself could be called “Tariff Trump,” to remind Americans that Trump — and Trump alone — is the person to blame for the economic pain inflicted by his tariffs.

The rising cost of goods and services caused by “Tariff Trump” could be called “Trumpflation.” Not once or twice, but in every single public appearance.

If the media is going to echo what politicians say, politicians should make those words count.

Link: https://www.wbur.org/cognoscenti/2025/06/03/donald-trump-big-beautiful-bill-political-rhetoric-steve-almond