List of nicknames used by Donald Trump

This article is about nicknames used by Donald Trump. For nicknames referring to Donald Trump, see List of nicknames of presidents of the United States § Donald Trump.

Donald Trump became widely known during his political career for using nicknames to criticize, insult, or otherwise express commentary about media figures, politicians, and foreign leaders.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

The list excludes commonly used hypocorisms such as "Mike" for "Michael" or "Steve" for "Steven", unless they are original to Trump. Nicknames that Trump did not originate are annotated with footnotes.

Domestic political figures

Nickname	Personal name	Notes
Sloppy Steve[6][7][8][9]	Steve Bannon	Former White House chief strategist and senior counselor to the president
Crooked Joe[10]	Joe Biden	46th president of the United States; 47th vice president of the United States; former U.S. senator from Delaware; Trump's opponent who defeated him in the 2020 United States presidential election
Joe Hiden'[11]
Sleepy Joe[12]
Slow Joe[13]
Mini Mike Bloomberg[14][15]	Michael Bloomberg	108th mayor of New York City; 2020 Democratic presidential candidate; former CEO of Bloomberg L.P.
Da Nang Dick[16][17][18]	Richard Blumenthal	U.S. senator from Connecticut; 23rd attorney general of Connecticut
Fat Alvin[19][20]	Alvin Bragg	37th district attorney of New York County
Gov. Jerry "Moonbeam" Brown[21][a]	Jerry Brown	34th and 39th governor of California; 31st attorney general of California; former secretary of state of California, 6th chair of the California Democratic Party
My Bush[23][24][b]	George P. Bush	28th land commissioner of Texas
Low Energy Jeb[1]	Jeb Bush	43rd governor of Florida; 2016 Republican presidential candidate
Alfred E. Neuman[27]	Pete Buttigieg	Former mayor of South Bend, Indiana; 19th U.S. secretary of transportation; 2020 Democratic presidential candidate
Coco Chow[28][29]	Elaine Chao	24th U.S. secretary of labor and 18th U.S. secretary of transportation
Low IQ War Hawk[30]	Liz Cheney	Vice-Chair of the House January 6 Committee; former member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Wyoming
Sloppy Chris Christie[31][32]	Chris Christie	55th governor of New Jersey, former United States attorney for the District of New Jersey, 2016 and 2024 Republican presidential candidate
Crazy Hillary[33]	Hillary Clinton	Former first lady of the United States; former U.S. secretary of state; former U.S. senator from New York; Trump's opponent whom he defeated in the 2016 United States presidential election
Crooked Hillary[1]
Beautiful Hillary[34] (used only after 2016 election victory)
Leakin' James Comey[35]	James Comey	Former director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation fired by Trump; former United States deputy attorney general; former United States acting attorney general
Lyin' James Comey[36]
Shadey James Comey[37]
Slimeball James Comey[38]
Slippery James Comey[39]
Liddle' Bob Corker[40]	Bob Corker	Former U.S. senator from Tennessee
Lyin' Ted[1] (retired)[41]	Ted Cruz	Former solicitor general of Texas; U.S. senator from Texas; 2016 Republican presidential candidate
Rob[42]	Ron DeSantis	46th governor of Florida; 2024 Republican presidential candidate
Ron DeSanctimonious[43] (retired)[44]
Ron DeSanctus[45]
Meatball Ron[46] (denied by Trump)[47]
Tiny D[48]
Ditzy DeVos[49][50]	Betsy DeVos	11th U.S. secretary of education; former chair of the Michigan Republican Party
Sneaky Dianne[51][52]	Dianne Feinstein	Former senator from California
Jeff Flakey[6][53]	Jeff Flake	Former U.S. senator from Arizona; former member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Arizona
Al Frankenstein[51]	Al Franken	Former senator from Minnesota
Birdbrain[54][55]	Nikki Haley	116th governor of South Carolina; 29th United States ambassador to the United Nations; 2024 Republican presidential candidate
Comrade Kamala[56]	Kamala Harris	49th vice president of the United States; former U.S. senator from California; 32nd attorney general of California; Trump's opponent whom he defeated in the 2024 United States presidential election
Crazy Kamala[57]
Laffin' Kamala[58]
Lyin' Kamala Harris[59]
Kamabla[60][61][62]
Aida Hutchinson[63]	Asa Hutchinson	46th governor of Arkansas; 2024 Republican presidential candidate
Peekaboo[64]	Letitia James	67th attorney general of New York
Big Jim[65][66]	Jim Justice	United States senator from West Virginia; 36th governor of West Virginia
1 for 38[1][6][67][c]	John Kasich	69th governor of Ohio; 2016 Republican presidential candidate; former U.S. representative from Ohio's 12th district
1 for 44[67][c]
Junior[68]	Robert F. Kennedy Jr.	2024 independent presidential candidate, 26th United States Secretary of Health and Human Services
Rand Paul Jr.[69]	Thomas Massie	U.S. representative for Kentucky's 4th congressional district
Mad Dog[d]	James Mattis	26th U.S. secretary of defense
My Kevin[71][72]	Kevin McCarthy	Former speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives; former House minority leader; former House majority leader
Broken Old Crow[73][74]	Mitch McConnell	U.S. senator from Kentucky; former Senate majority leader; former Senate minority leader
Cocaine Mitch[75]
Evan McMuffin[76][77]	Evan McMullin	Former Central Intelligence Agency operations officer; 2016 independent presidential candidate
Fat Jerry[78][79]	Jerry Nadler	U.S. representative for New York's 12th congressional district; ranking member and former chair of the House Judiciary Committee
Wacky Omarosa[49][80]	Omarosa Manigault Newman	Former The Apprentice contestant; aide to Trump
My Peter[81][82]	Peter Navarro	Senior Counselor for Trade and Manufacturing; former director of the White House National Trade Council; former director of the Office of Trade and Manufacturing Policy
Governor Newscum[83][84]	Gavin Newsom	40th governor of California; 49th lieutenant governor of California; 42nd mayor of San Francisco
Evita[85]	Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez	U.S. representative from New York
The Mouse[86]
Crazy Nancy[87]	Nancy Pelosi	52nd speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives; former House minority leader
Nervous Nancy[88]
Liddle Mike Pence[89]	Mike Pence	48th vice president of the United States, 2024 Republican presidential candidate
My Mike[90]	Mike Pompeo	Former director of the Central Intelligence Agency and 70th U.S. secretary of state
Mr. Too Late[91]	Jerome Powell	16th chair of the Federal Reserve
Jerome 'Too Late' Powell[92]
Wacky Jacky[93][94]	Jacky Rosen	U.S. senator from Nevada, former U.S. representative from Nevada's 3rd congressional district
Mr. Peepers (denied by Trump)[95]	Rod Rosenstein	Former United States deputy attorney general
Little Marco[1]	Marco Rubio	U.S. secretary of state in the 2nd Trump administration; former U.S. senator from Florida; former speaker of the Florida House of Representatives; 2016 Republican presidential candidate
Crazy Bernie[96]	Bernie Sanders	U.S. senator from Vermont; 2016 and 2020 Democratic presidential candidate
Little Ben Sasse[97][98]	Ben Sasse	Former U.S. senator from Nebraska
Liddle' Adam Schiff[99]	Adam Schiff	U.S. senator from California; former U.S. representative for California's 28th congressional district; chair of House Intelligence Committee; former California State Senator
Adam Schitt[100]
Pencil Neck[101][102]
Shifty Schiff[103]
Watermelon Head[104]
Cryin' Chuck[105]	Chuck Schumer	U.S. senator from New York and Senate minority leader; former Senate majority leader; a Jew
Fake Tears Chuck Schumer[106]
Our Great Palestinian Senator[86]
Mr. Magoo (denied by Trump)[107]	Jeff Sessions	84th U.S. attorney general; former U.S. senator from Alabama; former attorney general of Alabama
Deranged Jack Smith[108][109]	Jack Smith	Special counsel in both cases involving the federal prosecution of Donald Trump
Weirdo Tom Steyer[110]	Tom Steyer	Businessman; 2020 Democratic presidential candidate
Big Luther[111][e]	Luther Strange	Former U.S. senator from Alabama; 47th attorney general of Alabama
Tampon Tim[112]	Tim Walz	41st governor of Minnesota; Democratic nominee for Vice President in the 2024 United States presidential election.
Goofy Elizabeth Warren[113][114][115]	Elizabeth Warren	U.S. senator from Massachusetts; 2020 Democratic presidential candidate
Pocahontas[1][116]
Low-IQ Maxine Waters[117][118]	Maxine Waters	U.S. representative for California's 43rd congressional district
Ice Maiden[119]	Susie Wiles	32nd White House chief of staff

Foreign leaders

Nickname	Personal name	Notes
Animal Assad[120]	Bashar al-Assad	18th president of Syria
President B[121]	Nayib Bukele	81st president of El Salvador
Mr. Japan[122]	Shigeru Ishiba	80th prime minister of Japan
Rocket Man[1]	Kim Jong Un	3rd supreme leader of North Korea
Little Rocket Man[6][123][124]
Juan Trump[125][126][127]	Andrés Manuel López Obrador	65th president of Mexico
Johnny [128]	Mohammed bin Salman	Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia and 6th Prime Minister of Saudi Arabia
Governor Trudeau[f][129][130]	Justin Trudeau	23rd prime minister of Canada

Media figures

Nickname	Personal name	Notes
Liddle' Peter Baker[131]	Peter Baker	Chief White House correspondent for The New York Times
Crazy Mika Brzezinski[132]	Mika Brzezinski	Co-host of Morning Joe; wife of Joe Scarborough
Dumb as a Rock Mika[133]
Low I.Q. Crazy Mika[134]
Kooky Tucker Carlson[135]	Tucker Carlson	Host of Tucker Carlson Tonight
Dopey Graydon Carter[136][137][138]	Graydon Carter	Former editor of Vanity Fair
Allison Cooper[139]	Anderson Cooper	Host of CNN's Anderson Cooper 360°
Fredo[140]	Chris Cuomo	Former host of Cuomo Prime Time on CNN; Host of Cuomo on NewsNation
Maggot Hagerman[141][142][143]	Maggie Haberman	American journalist, White House correspondent for The New York Times.
Crazy Megyn[133]	Megyn Kelly	Host of The Megyn Kelly Show, former host of The Kelly File and Megyn Kelly Today
Washed Up Psycho Bette Midler[144]	Bette Midler	Film Actress
Sloppy Michael Moore[145]	Michael Moore	Filmmaker and political documentarian
Morning Psycho[146]	Joe Scarborough	Co-host of Morning Joe; former U.S. representative from Florida; husband of Mika Brzezinski
Psycho Joe[1]
Lil' George[g][147][148][149]	George Stephanopoulos	Chief anchor and chief political correspondent of ABC News; former White House communications director and senior advisor to President Bill Clinton
George Slopadopolus[150][151]
Fake Tapper[152][153]	Jake Tapper	Host of The Lead with Jake Tapper on CNN
Sleepy Eyes[1][154]	Chuck Todd	Former moderator of Meet the Press
Little Katy[155][156]	Katy Tur	Correspondent for MSNBC; author
Lyin' Brian[157][158]	Brian Williams	Former anchor of NBC Nightly News; former host of The 11th Hour
Little Jeff Zucker[1]	Jeff Zucker	Former president of CNN Worldwide

Groups of people

Nickname	Group members	Notes
13 Angry Democrats[159]	Names of attorneys    1. Zainab Ahmad★    2. Greg Andres    3. Rush Atkinson    4. Ryan K. Dickey    5. Michael Dreeben    6. Kyle Freeny    7. Andrew D. Goldstein    8. Adam Jed    9. Scott Meisler★ 10. Elizabeth Prelogar 11. James L. Quarles 12. Jeannie Rhee 13. Brian M. Richardson★ 14. Brandon Van Grack 15. Andrew Weissmann 16. Aaron Zebley★ 17. Aaron S. J. Zelinsky	Attorneys working on Robert Mueller's investigation of potential ties between the Trump campaign and Russia. The press identified thirteen of the seventeen attorneys as either being registered to vote as Democrats or making contributions to Democratic candidates. Those not identified as such are denoted with a star(★).[160] It is unclear whether this was the criterion Trump used to distinguish 13 out of 17 individuals since Trump did not detail which thirteen individuals he included in the nickname.
17 Angry Democrats[161]
AOC Plus 3[162][h]	The Squad (2018–2021): Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Ilhan Omar Ayanna Pressley Rashida Tlaib	Informal political grouping of four Democratic members of the U.S. House of Representatives elected in 2018
Biden crime family[164][165][166]	Family of Joe Biden	Joe Biden, the 46th president of the United States, and his family

Other people

Nickname	Personal name	Notes
Jeff Bozo[167]	Jeff Bezos	Businessman, former president and CEO of Amazon
Horseface[168][169]	Stormy Daniels	Pornographic actress whom Trump paid to cover up an alleged affair[170]
Bob[171][172][i]	Kid Rock	Musician
Little Mac Miller[173]	Mac Miller	Rapper; released the song "Donald Trump" in 2011, which caused Trump and Miller to feud for years, with Trump demanding royalties since Miller used his name
Dopey Sugar[174][175]	Lord Sugar	British business magnate and politician; host of the BBC reality competition series The Apprentice
Tim Apple[176][177]	Tim Cook	Businessman, CEO of Apple

Organizations

Nickname	Official name	Notes
Americans for No Prosperity[178]	Americans for Prosperity	Libertarian conservative political advocacy group
Globalist's Club for NO Growth[179]	Club for Growth	Conservative organization
Clinton News Network[180][j]	CNN	Multinational cable news channel owned by Warner Bros. Discovery
Fake News CNN[182][k]
Low ratings CNN[184]
Democrat Party[185][l]	Democratic Party	American political party
Radical Left Democrats[186]
Lincoln Pervert Project[179]	The Lincoln Project	Political action committee working against the reelection of Trump, which targets conservatives
Failing Forbes Magazine[187][188]	Forbes	American business magazine
MSDNC[189]	MSNBC	American news-based pay television cable channel owned by NBCUniversal
Failing New York Times[1]	The New York Times	Newspaper
Amazon The Washington Post[190]	The Washington Post	Newspaper owned by Jeff Bezos, founder and former CEO of Amazon
The Washington ComPost[191]
Unselect Committee[192]	United States House Select Committee on the January 6 Attack	A select committee of the U.S. House of Representatives to investigate the attack on the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021
Concast[193][194][195]	Comcast	American multinational telecommunications and media conglomerate
ABC Fake News[196][197]	ABC News	News division of ABC owned by the Walt Disney Company

Television programs

Nickname	Official name	Notes
Deface the Nation[198]	Face the Nation	A weekly political talk show on CBS
Meet the Fake Press[199]	Meet the Press	A weekly talk show on NBC
Meet the Depressed[200]

Other

Nickname	Common name	Notes
A very stable genius[201][202]	Donald Trump	Self-epithet, antonomasia. Trump repeatedly described himself as "a very stable genius" from 2018 through 2019.[203][204][205][206] A Very Stable Genius, a 2020 book by Philip Rucker and Carol Leonnig about Trump's first presidency used the nickname.[203]
Green New Scam[207]	Green New Deal	A congressional resolution sponsored by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Sen. Ed Markey that addressed climate and economic policy.[208]
Kung Flu[209]	SARS-CoV-2	A virus whose first case was diagnosed in China.
Chinese Virus[210]
China virus[211][212]

See also

• Lists portal

• List of nicknames used by George W. Bush
• List of nicknames of presidents of the United States

Notes

1. Brown has had the nickname "Moonbeam", coined by Mike Royko, since the 1970s, predating Trump's use of the nickname.^[22]
2. The name was in reference to the fact that George P. Bush was the only member of the Bush family to support Trump publicly. Most of the Bush family, including George's father Jeb Bush and former presidents George H. W. Bush and George W. Bush, denounced Trump.^[25][26]
3. The name was about Kasich winning only one state during the Republican primaries.
4. "Mad Dog" is not original to Trump; Mattis acquired the nickname during his service in the Marines.^[70]
5. The nickname has been in use since at least 2010. During Strange's U.S. Senate campaign in 2017, Trump incorrectly implied that he was the first to use it.^[111]
6. First said by Trump after he suggested that Canada should become the 51st state.
7. Trump has used "Liddle" as an alternative spelling of "Lil"
8. The nickname "AOC Plus 3" was originally coined by Laura Ingraham before Trump first used it days later.^[163]
9. Kid Rock's real name is Robert James Ritchie
10. The nickname has been in use since at least 2007.^[181]
11. Hillary Clinton has been credited with using the term "Fake News" prior to Trump. She was documented to have used the term on December 8, 2016, in what was believed to have been a reference to the Pizzagate conspiracy theory. Trump was documented to have first used the term on January 11, 2017.^[183]
12. Not original to Trump. See the article Democrat Party (epithet) for more details about the use of the term as an epithet.