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Miles Archer

(18,837 posts)
Wed May 24, 2017, 09:32 AM May 2017

Italians have a fond nickname for Trump: "molto pazzo"

ROME ― As President Donald Trump makes his Italian debut in meetings with Pope Francis and government leaders on Wednesday, many Italians can already express their impression of the new U.S. president with a single word: “pazzo.”

“People think he’s a little crazy,” said Benedetta Alabardi, a pharmacist whose store sits a few hundred yards from St. Peter’s Square.

“The first impression is that he’s crazy and dangerous,” said Orasti Gionti, a project manager for a telecommunications consulting company, who allowed for the possibility that Trump’s outrageous statements were an act. “Maybe he’s tricky.”

Fruit vendor Chowdhury Rafiquizzaman saw no need for any such qualifier.

“He is crazy,” he said. “Not only crazy, he is very crazy.”

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-crazy-europe_us_59251b56e4b0ec129d308609?ncid=inblnkushpmg00000009

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Italians have a fond nickname for Trump: "molto pazzo" (Original Post) Miles Archer May 2017 OP
Translates to "very crazy" in English. n/t CousinIT May 2017 #1
I think it needs one more molto malaise May 2017 #2
I'd go with "moltoly pazzo" TexasProgresive May 2017 #3
But is that still Italian? malaise May 2017 #4
It's much Italian as BIGLY is English. TexasProgresive May 2017 #9
!!!!! BumRushDaShow May 2017 #10
I always thought he was saying "Big-Leauge" (ie: like a pro or something) nt JoeStuckInOH May 2017 #25
Hahahahahahahahaha! brush May 2017 #28
if i were in Italy i would have to use profanity. So vafannculo coglione mangia merda trump lunasun May 2017 #5
My ex husband is Italian, so I know what vafannculo means..he used to yell it at soccer games or... iluvtennis May 2017 #15
I see "eat shit" in there. louis-t May 2017 #16
Who amongst us doesn't have a fond nickname for Trump? WinkyDink May 2017 #6
King of Lardassistan is what we use at home madwivoter May 2017 #8
oh my, you nearly owed me a keyboard!!! niyad May 2017 #22
There are so many good ones... I kinda like Hair Twitler. keithbvadu2 May 2017 #18
MAGGOT MFM008 May 2017 #26
My Italian grandmother had a lot of choice words for Repubs. BigmanPigman May 2017 #7
I like her MFM008 May 2017 #27
I'd like to work "ratso" and "fatso" in there, too. Buns_of_Fire May 2017 #11
These were the books in a window in Florence Italy in March kimbutgar May 2017 #12
molto pazzo very crazy one Botany May 2017 #13
LOL! Some great ones: mangled apricot hellbeast, clueless numpty, LuckyLib May 2017 #24
Cheeto Faced Farret Wearing Shit Gibbon Botany May 2017 #31
All of us are... zentrum May 2017 #14
We love De Niro, but fear Nero! nt tblue37 May 2017 #17
Yes! Will fix. Thank you! zentrum May 2017 #19
And this is from the nation that brought you Silvio Berlusconi UltravioletDingo May 2017 #20
I thought it was "big putz" n/t hibbing May 2017 #21
Isn't PBO still in Italy too? Thrill May 2017 #23
This is exactly what my grandmother would say about my Javaman May 2017 #29
I suggest that we change #45's international nickname to "Loser". NCjack May 2017 #30

iluvtennis

(19,851 posts)
15. My ex husband is Italian, so I know what vafannculo means..he used to yell it at soccer games or...
Wed May 24, 2017, 10:50 AM
May 2017

...to be correct Calcio (Italian for soccer)

BigmanPigman

(51,584 posts)
7. My Italian grandmother had a lot of choice words for Repubs.
Wed May 24, 2017, 10:07 AM
May 2017

She liked to tell Reagan, "Stunada, va fungu culo ". Translation, "Stupid, go f*** yourself up the ass". It was always accompanied by a hand gesture. I'm sure if she were alive she'd have a much harsher suggestion for the Donald. Actually, I think she probably would have been killed by him...she would've exploded on Nov 9th.

Buns_of_Fire

(17,175 posts)
11. I'd like to work "ratso" and "fatso" in there, too.
Wed May 24, 2017, 10:26 AM
May 2017

I think the UN should get involved to come up with a suitable international appellation which will unite the world. Just like Coke teaching the world to sing in perfect harmony.

LuckyLib

(6,819 posts)
24. LOL! Some great ones: mangled apricot hellbeast, clueless numpty,
Wed May 24, 2017, 12:11 PM
May 2017

Weaselheaded fucknugget, toupeed fucktrumpet.

Javaman

(62,521 posts)
29. This is exactly what my grandmother would say about my
Wed May 24, 2017, 12:21 PM
May 2017

grandfather...she wasn't joking.

but to really sell it you have to pinch your index and thumb together and do a little twist by your temple. LOL

NCjack

(10,279 posts)
30. I suggest that we change #45's international nickname to "Loser".
Wed May 24, 2017, 12:29 PM
May 2017

It can happen if everyone who has family and friends outside of USA email them and ask them to please refer to Trump as "Loser".

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