put-down

Long may his critics - whoever and wherever they are - take potshots at him, because the put-downs make him rise up.

The abuse escalated from "subtle put-downs" and coercive control to punching her, kicking her, pulling her around the house by the hair, spitting on her and strangling her.

Trump, who has feuded with O'Donnell for decades, saw an opportunity for a put-down when the veteran comic's name came up during Wednesday's meeting.

And let's not forget her iconic put-down to unwanted male attention that I'll admit to rolling out endlessly in my teens: "Ugh, as if!"

He's been direct in his put-downs of Trump and his acolytes, calling the conspiracies of Marjorie Taylor Greene "stupid" during a briefing and again calling Trump a "loser" while stopping by "The View."