While Donald Trump has professed to have the "best words", his tweets indicate that his understanding of the semantics and orthography of the English language is at best tenuous — or, as he might put it, tedious. First we had "rideculous", then "unpresidented" (which the Insider quite likes; it will be a word forever associated with Trump. No doubt he is "copywriting" it as we speak), then there was his praise of "Julian Assuage". But perhaps Trump was being "dissingenius" with that one, and indulging in a little wordplay. However, after crass, tacky and possibly sticky reports of his alleged urinary indulgences, Trump hit back by saying he was a germaphobe. Whether Trump is truly aware of the meaning of this word is not clear; he may be implying that he is afraid of Germans. Only time will tell. Bugger, now how will I get a tan? British tourists planning on soaking up some winter sun in Gambia learnt on Wednesday morning that they would be evacuated after the country’s embattled pr...
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