Online Etymology Dictionary
https://www.etymonline.com/word/trump
trump (n.1)
“playing card of a suit ranking above others,” 1520s, alteration of triumph (n.), which also was the name of a card game.
trump (n.2)
“trumpet,” c. 1300, from Old French trompe “long, tube-like musical wind instrument” (12c.), cognate with Provençal tromba, Italian tromba, all probably from a Germanic source (compare Old High German trumpa, Old Norse trumba “trumpet”), of imitative origin.
trump (v.1)
“surpass, beat,” 1580s, from trump (n.). Related: Trumped; trumping.
trump (v.2)
“fabricate, devise,” 1690s, from trump “deceive, cheat” (1510s), from Middle English trumpen (late 14c.), from Old French tromper “to deceive,” of uncertain origin. Apparently from se tromper de “to mock,” from Old French tromper “to blow a trumpet.” Brachet explains this as “to play the horn, alluding to quacks and mountebanks, who attracted the public by blowing a horn, and then cheated them into buying ....” The Hindley Old French dictionary has baillier la trompe “blow the trumpet” as “act the fool,” and Donkin connects it rather to trombe “waterspout,” on the notion of turning (someone) around. Connection with triumph also has been proposed. Related: Trumped; trumping. Trumped up “false, concocted” first recorded 1728.
CBS trumps up more fake news...
CBS put out a statement that ‘Editing Mistake’ Led To Misleading Video Showing An Italian Hospital During Segment On New York’s Coronavirus Crisis.
But it seems that fake news will stay fake news, this week they did it again!
They aired the Italian hospital footage again, despite its statement claiming that it had been removed “from all platforms and shows.” This time, the misleading video appeared on CBSN, the network’s streaming video news channel.
“In Pennsylvania, cases are skyrocketing at the rate of 1,000 a day,” a reporter says as footage from an Italian hospital flashes across the screen. “Governor Tom Wolf is appealing to citizens to help.”
This on top of the fake crying nurse...
I don’t believe whatever that guy carried around was in case Hilzebub’s allergies acted up-I was referring to the chrome angle.