Embarrassing backfire as CNN star anchor unwittingly gives Trump awesome new nickname that has MAGA cheering

UK Daily Mail ^ | 08/13/2025 | Alex Hammer

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CNN’s Abby Phillip has provided Donald Trump a new nickname - albeit accidentally and one his supporters quickly embraced.

The CNN NewsNight host had been introducing a segment centered around Trump's deployment of federal troops to Washington, DC, Monday, when she compared the conservative to 'Batman' and the municipality to 'Gotham City.'

The fictional metropolis is famously overrun by crime.

The video player is currently playing an ad. Phillip, in turn, told Scott Jennings, Tara SetMayer, Ben Ferguson and Dan Koh: 'The President of the United States has declared himself crime-fighter-in-chief.

'He’s taking over Washington’s police force,' she further complained. 'It is a move that the DC mayor is calling unsettling and unprecedented.'

Phillip argued Trump was 'painting [the situation] as an emergency' without much proof.

Onlookers on X appeared more interested in her earlier remarks.

Conservative pundit Steve Guest thought the comparison to DC's caped crusader made Trump look 'cool' - even if it was not 'Abby’s intention at all.'

The conservative media watchdog group Media Research Center's investigation team, Newsbusters, added: 'Does she know that makes him sound awesome?'

Others embraced the epithet with memes, including some showing Trump in costume as the comic book character.

'I already voted for him! You don’t have to keep convincing me!' Libs Of TikTok's X account joked.

'Yall really trying to make @realDonaldTrump look even more bada*s aren't you @abbydphillip?' asked someone else.

Others shared a clip of a 2015 interaction between a then campaigning Trump and a young boy on his helicopter.

'Are you Batman?' the boy asked.

'I am Batman,' the soon-to-be president said in response.

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[SuperLuminal]

Outstanding!

[ClearCase_guy]

What an idiot. Everyone knows Batman is cool. Calling someone Batman is a compliment. You have to have a very low IQ to call someone Batman and intend it as an insult. It just doesn’t work.

[rlmorel]

I made this graphic early on:

[newfreep]

"A 2015 interaction between a then campaigning Trump and a young boy on his helicopter.
'Are you Batman?' the boy asked.
'I am Batman,' the soon-to-be president said in response."

I loved that video clip...and it was 10 years ago!!!!

[Tell It Right]

[Sarah Barracuda]

Yeah instead of the stupid b*tch trashing him, she said that Trump’s Batman, that’s an amazing compliment!!

[Texas Eagle]

President Batman it is. And he don't need no Boy Wonder, J.D., so don't even think about it.

Although Sydney Sweeney might make a good Batgirl.

Greg Gutfeld has already dubbed Chuck Schumer the Penguin.

Gavin Nwwscum could be The Joker or The Riddler. A lot of female demonicRATS are evil enough to be Catwoman but not nearly hot enough.

Catwoman was evil wasn't she?

[Sarah Barracuda]

She works for CNN, no one said she was hired for her brains

[UnwashedPeasant]

Batman must be stopped!

[Big Red Badger]

BATMAN!
Crime-Fighter-In-Cheif

[Texas Eagle]

SWEET!

[NorthMountain]

[dfwgator]

The Left can’t meme.

[Crusher138]

AOC is Poison Ivy.

[rlmorel]

Oldies but goodies...

TRUMP: THE ORANGE BATMAN!

[Fresh Wind]

Trump declares himself to be Batman...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdVgjgXLd_U

[DFG]

Nadler looks more like the Penguin.

Mr Freeze is Adam Sch*tt.