US EditionCNN Accidentally Gifts MAGA With 'Awesome' Trump Nickname
Trump supporters embraced the 'Batman' nickname after Abby Phillip mocked his federal takeover of D.C. police amid a 26% drop in violent crime this year, official data shows.
- Following Trump’s announcement on Monday, CNN host Abby Phillip mocked him as 'Batman' during a segment criticizing his federalization of D.C. police.
- Invoking Section 740 of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act, Trump federalized the D.C. police for up to 30 days and deployed approximately 800 National Guard troops.
- Supporters quickly embraced the nickname, flooding X with memes and comments referring to Trump as Batman, with Paul Szypula declaring `President Trump is Batman!` and Babylon Bee posting a Dark Knight meme.
- According to MPD data, crime, including violent crime, is down 26% this year, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser said, `While this action today is unsettling and unprecedented.`
- More than a nickname, on August 12, 2025, supporters shared a 2015 clip where Trump declared `I am Batman!` after a young boy asked if he was the superhero.
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CNN’s Abby Phillip says Trump has made himself ‘Batman’ and DC ‘Gotham City’
CNN’s Abby Phillip said Monday that President Donald Trump has made himself Batman, as he fights crime in “Gotham City.” “Donald Trump makes himself Batman, and the nation’s capital is Gotham City. The president of the United States has declared himself crimefighter-in-chief, and he’s taking over Washington’s police force,” Phillip said during her roundtable segment on CNN. Trump announced Monday the federalization of the Metropolitan Police Dep…
Phillip Comments On Trump's Plans In DC - Patriot Newsfeed
Abby Phillip probably thought she was landing a sharp jab when she opened her CNN roundtable by likening Donald Trump to Batman, swooping into Washington, D.C., to “take over” the police force. Instead, she may have just handed the former president his next meme-fueled nickname—and Trump supporters are already running with it. CNN’s Abby Phillip: “Donald Trump makes himself Batman and the nation’s capital is Gotham City.” That makes President T…
CNN inadvertently creates cool new nickname for Trump · American Wire News
CNN just gave President Donald Trump an epic new nickname while trying to mock his crime crackdown. Proving that they just don’t understand the culture, CNN’s coverage of the National Guard mobilization went sideways when an attempted insult was turned into a gift to the MAGA crowd. Host Abby Phillip began the segment by derisively referring to Trump as “crimefighter in chief” and “Batman” following the federal takeover of the D.C. Metropolitan …
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