cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/53285536
The founder of the party is Salvatore Nicotra, former head of the Belgian National Front (NF). According to him, the name TRUMP is an abbreviation for Tous Réunis pour l’Union des Mouvements Populistes (“All United for the Union of Populist Movements”). The politician explicitly associates the party’s brand with the image of Donald Trump.



It reminds me of Trumpet of Patriots in Australia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trumpet_of_Patriots
Named after Trump won the election, but before it went pear-shaped enough to deliver a second Labor term. Calling the party the Australian Trump Party or something would have invited a trademark lawsuit (you don’t get to where Trump is by leaving money on the table), so they chose a plausibly-deniable name, in the sense that it sounds like some kind of very American mashup of Biblical imagery and Cold War-era nationalism. The electorate took one look and said “yeah, nah”