Donald Trump has consistently used biting nicknames in place of real names.
Throughout his time in the public eye, the president has openly ridiculed politicians, media figures, and celebrities, coining memorable monikers. From “Crooked Joe Biden” to “horseface” for Stormy Daniels, his penchant for nicknames has remained unwavering.
RadarOnline.com is unveiling some of Trump’s harshest nicknames.
One of Trump’s widely recognized nicknames is “Little Pencil-Neck Schiff” for U.S. Senator Adam Schiff, initially introduced at a Grand Rapids, Michigan, rally in March 2019.
“Little pencil-neck Adam Schiff. He’s got the smallest, thinnest neck I’ve ever seen,” Trump told the audience. “He is not a long-ball hitter, but I saw him today, ‘Well, we don’t really know, there still could have been some Russia collusion.'”
His campaign website even featured T-shirts with a cartoon image of Schiff with a pencil for a neck, along with the text, “Little Pencil-Neck Adam Schiff. He spent two years knowingly and unlawfully lying and leaking. He should be forced to resign from Congress! Everyone should buy a Pencil-Neck Adam Schiff shirt today!”
Over time, Trump has added more labels to Schiff, such as “‘Liddle’ Adam Schiff,” “Adam Schitt,” “Shifty Schiff,” and “Watermelon Head.”
Trump has also altered Don Lemon’s name, often calling him “Sour Lemon.”
“I don’t know if you saw my Twitter today, but Anthony Scaramucci wished me a happy birthday, by the way, and he says, you know, ‘someone calls you sour Lemon,'” the journalist shared on Late Night With Seth Meyers. “Guess who came up with that nickname. That is a tough one to come up. I’ve never been called that one before.”
Trump further described Lemon as the “dumbest person on Earth” following a Democratic debate in 2019 and after his departure from CNN in 2023. Moreover, Trump referred to Lemon as a “lightweight” and “dumb as a rock” on X in August 2016.
Trump later reassigned the “crooked” nickname from Clinton to Biden.
“I’m going to give her a new name – I don’t know, like maybe ‘Lovely Hillary’ or ‘Beautiful Hillary’ – but I’m going to retire the name ‘Crooked’ so that we can use the name for Joe Biden, because he’ll be known from now on as ‘Crooked Joe Biden,'” he stated in May 2023.
He has also dubbed Biden with other nicknames, such as “Joe Hiden,” “Sleepy Joe,” and “Slow Joe.”
Kamala Harris appears to be a frequent subject of Trump’s nicknames. He has often mocked her with various labels.
He has called her “Comrade Kamala,” “Crazy Kamala,” “Laffin’ Kamala,” “Lyin’ Kamala Harris,” and “Kamabla.”
“People vote with their STOMACH, and food is now at an highest because of Kamabla/Biden INCOMPETENCE. With them in charge, IT WILL ONLY GET WORSE!” Trump wrote, referring to his latest nickname for Harris.
In another message, he added, “Kamabla has stated, over and over again, that she wants to DEFUND THE POLICE AND, WITHOUT QUESTION, BAN FRACKING. ‘NO MORE FOSSIL FUEL.’ This will quadruple the cost of energy in America! DEPRESSION ANYONE!”
Trump has also coined several nicknames for Ron DeSantis, including “Ron DeSanctimonious,” “Meatball Ron,” and “Ron DeSanctus.” However, in 2024, he denied ever using “Meatball Ron” for the Florida governor.
“I will never call Ron DeSanctimonious ‘Meatball’ Ron, as the Fake News is insisting I will,” Trump posted on Truth Social. “Even though FoxNews killing lightweight Paul Ryan is revered by him, Low Energy Jeb Bush is his hero and always at his side, his beaches and State were closed for long periods of time, his testing, testing, testing for the China Virus didn’t work out too well, and his loyalty skills are really weak, it would be totally inappropriate to use the word ‘meatball’ as a moniker for Ron!”
