By Laurie Baron
SAN DIEGO -New Words from the First Year of the Trump Presidency
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Excoaliate: Opening protected wilderness areas to mining operations.
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Mooreonic: Endorsing an alleged pedophile for Senate because he supports your political agenda.
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Adfibbing: Improvising lies to exonerate yourself.
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Meception: Believing your own lies.
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Twescalation: Exacerbating problems by tweeting.
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Whitesheeting: Calling White Supremacists very fine people.
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Yepotism: Appointing only people as advisors who agree with everything you say and do.
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Fictatorship: Goverment based on dismissing all criticism as fake news.
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Exican: A deported Mexican.
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Capitaluation: Giving in to Israel’s claim that Jerusalem is its capital despite ongoing negotiations to broker peace between Israel and the Palestinians.
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Baron is professor emeritus of history at San Diego State University. He may be contacted via lawrence.baron@sdjewishworld.com. San Diego Jewish World points out to new readers that this column is satire, and nothing herein should be taken literally.