MAGA embraces ‘daddy’ Donald Trump: The ‘Resistance’ recoils from ‘weird’ new nickname
From a T-shirt to a White House music video, MAGA is leaning hard into the new nickname given to President Donald Trump: Daddy.
The moniker was bestowed on the president by NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte at the G7 summit after Trump likened Israel and Iran to children fighting in a schoolyard.
“And then daddy sometimes has to use strong language to get them to stop,” Rutte said Wednesday at the summit at The Hague, referring to Trump using an expletive to voice his frustration after the sides violated the cease fire he brokered.
The president’s supporters are running with the new nickname, which is being used by Trump’s campaign to hawk $27 red Trump T-shirts.
The shirts feature the president’s mugshot with “DADDY” in big, bold letters.
The White House also leaned heavily into the nickname, producing a video Wednesday of the president set to “Daddy’s Home” by Usher:
In another video Thursday featuring the song, the White House’s account on X wrote: “America’s back. Daddy’s home.”
Trump’s political operation also seized on the moment:
Prominent Trump supporters also enjoyed the new meme.
Catturd, a conservative influencer who has nearly 4 million followers on X, addressed the nickname while ending his post with what has become Trump’s signature valediction.
“Dear liberals …Trump is your daddy,“ Catturd wrote. ”Thank you for your attention to this matter.”
But the Resistance said the new nickname is “weird.”
“Why are republicans so weird? Why would you want Trump to be your “Daddy,” one user on X wrote.
“It’s weird, disturbing and disgusting how Republicans call Trump ‘Daddy,’” said another, ending their post with a vomit emoji.
Ron Filipkowski, a former Republican-turned-Trump critic and CEO of MeidasTouch.com, referred to Trump’s marital affairs while bashing the nickname.
“If Trump is your ‘daddy,’ that just means he’s going to ignore you and cheat on your mom,” he posted to X.
The nickname also caught the attention of late night television hosts, including “Late Night with Seth Meyers.”
“Why is anyone calling him ‘daddy?’ Why is he calling himself, ‘daddy?’” Meyers wondered.
“Am I watching a NATO summit or a softcore Cinemax movie from the 80s called ‘Donnie’s Romp Through Holland?’”