In November, failed, disgraced, one-term, twice-impeached former president Donald Trump announced that he would be running for president again in 2024.
While the announcement had been expect for quite some time, many were struck by how unenthusiastic and uninspiring Trump’s speech was, with presidential historian Doris Kearns Goodwin noting:
“There was no joy in his voice that night, last night, no sense of his having any fun, no sense of moving the country forward — a failing nation, disrespected by all the other peoples in the world. You can’t win that way. You can’t not have that contagious enthusiasm that you’ve got to project. He used to have it when he was arguing about things first time around, but somehow last night felt like he had a girdle on.”
At one point in the speech, Trump seemed to be amending his well-known “Make America Great Again” campaign slogan with a variation on that theme.
“In order to make America great and glorious again I’m announcing my candidacy for president of the United States.”
So instead of MAGA, we have MAGAGA. Now that’s a mouthful.
It didn’t take long before Twitter began having fun with the new slogan, including Harvard University law professor Laurence Tribe:
“The hats’ll have to say MAGAGA — make America great and glorious again. If it makes you gag, get used to it.”
Here’s some other commentary on the latest Trump tagline:
