Obamagate

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Etymology

From Obama +‎ -gate. Coined by Donald Trump.

Proper noun

Obamagate

  1. Alleged attempts by President Barack Obama and those in his administration to sabotage Donald Trump's candidacy and administration through various illegitimate means, according to a conspiracy theory promoted by Trump.
    • 2020 May 14, “Explainer: What is ‘Obamagate’ and where did it come from?”, in Al Jazeera[1]:
      [Donald] Trump unleashed a relatively unfamiliar hashtag on the world – “#OBAMAGATE!”
    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Obamagate.