Twitter roasts Trump's low-effort Pelosi nickname

People were entertained when Trump seemed to nickname Speaker Nancy Pelosi "Nancy," which is already her name. People were entertained when Trump seemed to nickname Speaker Nancy Pelosi "Nancy," which is already her name. Photo: Screenshot Via Twitter Photo: Screenshot Via Twitter Image 1 of / 23 Caption Close Twitter roasts Trump's low-effort Pelosi nickname 1 / 23 Back to Gallery

If there's anything we've learned over the past few years, it's that President Trump is a man who loves nicknames. There was "Crooked Hillary" Clinton. "Low IQ Maxine" Waters. "Little Marco" Rubio. Jerry "Moonbeam" Brown. "Low-energy" Jeb Bush, a cruel contrast with that bygone candidate's signature campaign exclamation point.

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But on Wednesday, amid a power struggle between Trump and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., over whether the president will be able to deliver the State of the Union address amid the government shutdown, something unusual happened. Trump seemed to reach for a nickname, only to come up empty.

"Nancy Pelosi, or Nancy, as I call her, doesn't want to hear the truth," said Trump, in comments reported by CNN's Ryan Struyk.

Yes, it would appear Trump attempted to disparage Pelosi by calling her.... her name. Most seemed to agree it was not his best work.

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Some of Trump's past attempts at nicknaming Pelosi have been too much of a mouthful to really stick the way his more successful monikers have. They include "High Tax, High-Crime Nancy Pelosi" and "MS-13 Lover Nancy Pelosi."

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Some pointed out that it was disrespectful of Trump to refer to Pelosi by her first name rather than her title, but for the most part, people seemed tickled by the fact that the Trump nickname-generating engine appeared to be running out of juice.

"He's shook," wrote Twitter user Jesus Christ. "Can't even think of a garbage nickname."

"The President's nickname for Nancy Pelosi is Nancy?" tweeted CNN analyst Josh Campbell.

"Low energy," someone replied.

Filipa Ioannou is an SFGATE staff writer. Email her at fioannou@sfchronicle.com and follow her on Twitter