Trump’s efforts to rename Republicans fails to launch

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00:00Trump's efforts to rename Republicans fails to launch.

00:04Trump's nickname proposals have not been adopted by the Republican National Committee,

00:08which continues to use Republican in official branding.

00:12Donald Trump's efforts to give Republicans new nicknames haven't really taken off,

00:16even with all the hype on his Truth Social account.

00:19He posted, there is a new word for a Trump Republican, which is almost everyone.

00:24Great policy is the key. It is to publican or to publican.

00:28People were confused by the odd suggestions, which were hardly ever used outside of Trump's posts.

00:35Prior to his announcement, both to publican and to publican had appeared sporadically,

00:39mostly as typos or in a mocking context.

00:42Later, he shared an AI-generated image of himself holding a campaign sign that read

00:47Trump 2028, yes, and captioned it with the word Trumplicants.

00:52This was the first time he explicitly tied the nickname to a broader rebranding of the Republican Party.

00:57Despite the effort, Trumplicants had already been in circulation among supporters and critics alike,

01:02alongside other variations such as Trumpublican and re-Trumplicant.

01:06These nicknames ended up being more popular than Trump's latest proposals,

01:10making his official efforts seem less significant.

01:13Right after the personal and political controversies, Trump started pushing for a name change.

01:18He claimed he had aced a perfect physical exam and a comprehensive cognitive test.

01:24The testing question turned out to be the Montreal Cognitive Assessment,

01:27which he frequently claims shows he's mentally sharp, although doctors say it's not an IQ test.

01:33Questions about Trump's cognitive abilities come amid talk about him potentially seeking a third term.

01:38During a March interview with NBC News, he said,

01:42A lot of people want me to do it, but I mean, I basically tell them we have a long way to go, you know.

01:47It's very early in the administration. I'm not joking, but I'm not. It is far too early to think about it.

01:53While speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One in South Korea,

01:56Trump acknowledged the constitutional limits.

01:58He said, I'm not allowed to run. It's too bad.