Donald Trump is a brand man which at least partially explains his incessant attempt to nickname all opponents. But like any attempt to brand anything, things get really bad when it fails. His latest nickname for Kamala Harris missed the mark so badly that even Trump seems embarrassed, which is nearly impossible.
But he got there by reaching for the stars by trotting out “Kamabla.” No, that’s not a typo, much as Trump might now wish.
He even managed to make the situation worse even though he was already circling the drain. He asked Olivia Nuzzi of New York Magazine, “Well, I have a name. You saw the new name?”
She could have asked: “You renamed yourself?” which would’ve taken his shame next-level.
The major problem is that “Kamabla” is as hard to say as it is to define, never mind that it looks misspelled in any context. More shockingly, Trump seems to know it. Nuzzi wrote:
“Trump nodded. He gave me an expectant look, but I was confused. He repeated it again. ‘Kamabla.’
She must have been as confused as you probably are so Trump explained, “Just a … mixed-up … pile of words. Like she is.”
Okay. But is he sure that he wants to reference mixed-up piles of words? He can’t get through this one word.
Moving on, Raw Story writes that Margaret Hartmann, a New York Magazine senior editor, asked the obvious because it’s vague even with an explanation:
“Is he calling Kamala Harris ‘blah’? Referencing Obama? Just being racist?”
These are not mutually exclusive nor exhaustive. Nuzzi continued:
“Trump stopped what he was saying and stared at me with a look of grave concern and disappointment.”
He ought to be concerned. What if it sticks but only in a way that makes him look desperate? Bad brand.
Trump seemed to know that he was in trouble, telling Nuzzi:
“Well, you have to see it to really understand. There are those that think it’s good. ”
If one has to “really understand” a brand it’s off to a suspect start. This is especially true when “those that think it’s good” might be in high school.
Using Kamala instead of Harris is perilous in any context. She is the Vice President, after all. He goes nuts when someone calls him “Donald.” He expected “Mr. Trump” even in his early days.
But branding is an art and a hard one at that. People are paid a lot of money to come up with one word or a cool font. Try it. Give Donald Trump a real nickname and don’t use nasty language, “Donadolt?” Nah, that’s as bad as “Kamabla.”
This is concerning. He really needed something simple.
Too bad “weird” was already taken.
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“there are those that think it’s good”. More of that “people are saying” shit again.
What a doofus.
Here’s one: “people are saying trump has a single digit I.Q.”. Pity of this one is I’m not lying/joking/f*cking around.
You could always relate him to Donald by calling him ‘Daffy’ and then say ‘I got my ducks mixed up’
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I’m sticking with orangebob shitpants! Oh, and with tears in my eyes!
ROTFLMAO!
ORANGEBOB VON SHITZINPANTZ!
as base a canard as I ever hoyd
The Dumb a** is so close to show time now, and because his IQ is so low, it could easily be confused with a piece of gravel on a county road … If someone said stop moving you are standing on a land mine that will explode when you move off it, THE FIRST THING HE WOULD DO, is say OMG !! and jump off … the density of his non-educated skull is amazing … He IS the massive coward … That part that makes him stupidly cruel to others, the bully in him controls everything he does, since he fears the general public will find out tonight how really stupid he IS …
Good luck Trumpty, making fun of your opponent at this time is a mountain of bad luck waiting to flatten your body into that huge shadow it casts …