Obamagate

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Etymology

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From Obama +‎ -gate. Coined by Donald Trump.

Proper noun

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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.