Trumpcession

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proper noun

A recession brought about by Donald Trump‘s economic and trade policies, especially the trade wars he launched through imposing tariffs.

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Meanings

proper nounTrumpcession (plural not attested)
  1. USinformalneologismno pluralgovernmentA recession brought about by Donald Trump‘s economic and trade policies, especially the trade wars he launched through imposing tariffs.

    We can't afford to buy a home. Maybe the Trumpcession will get prices within our reach!

    2016 November 17, @Yoshiyahu262, Twitter (post), archived from the original on 09 Jun 2026
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    They're betting a Clinton Presidency will either keep things steady, or their tax increases would cost them less money than a Trumpcession.

    2016 September 19, u/ShroudedSciuridae, “Walmart's Walton family backs Hillary”, in r/politics (Reddit post), archived from the original on 09 Jun 2026

    Not now. Everything will be calm until the TRUMPcession. Then it will be "Rally 'round the war, boys!!".

    2017 January 16, analogdial, “Re: D-A-N-G-E-R”, in rec.radio.shortwave (Usenet), via Google Groups, archived from the original on 09 Jun 2026

    Perhaps fearful of being seen to be wrongly predicting a “Trumpcession”, the Atlanta Fed on Friday published an explainer of its GDPNow model and the gold glitch

    2025 March 10, Valentina Romei, Robin Wigglesworth, “How the gold bullion boom sent a US recession alarm blaring”, in FT.com, archived from the original on 10 Mar 2025

    It’s hard to escape the feeling that exuberant ‘Trump trades’ are starting to give way to fears of tariff-induced ‘Trumpcession’.

    2025 March 21, Hermione Taylor, “Protecting your investments from rising inflation”, in Investors Chronicle, London, page 14

    The US president revealed import tariffs on “liberation day” – labelled recession day by Democrats, who warned of a “Trumpcession”.

    2025 December 25, Richard Northedge, “Goodbye Skype, hello DeepSeek: The business words of 2025”, in The Telegraph, archived from the original on 25 Dec 2025

Origin

From blend of Trump + recession.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with Trumpcession

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APA

Trumpcession. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Trumpcession

MLA

“Trumpcession.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Trumpcession. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Trumpcession,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Trumpcession.

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