Permanent suspension of @realDonaldTrump

Re:Permanent suspension of @realDonaldTrump by syshum on Friday January 08, 2021 @06:49PM (#25692589)

I have wondered this for the last few years, but why do people refer to Trump as 45? No other president that I can recall has been referred index number of their presidency, I do not see people calling President Obama "44" or President Bush "43"

it is odd to me

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Re:Permanent suspension of @realDonaldTrump by trav4225 on Friday January 08, 2021 @06:57PM (#25692739)

I definitely recall Bush being referred to as "43", especially to distinguish him from 41.

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Re:Permanent suspension of @realDonaldTrump by caturopath on Friday January 08, 2021 @07:47PM (#25693660)

Even among the two of them, they used these as nicknames.

It lead to a lot of discussion of Grover Cleveland back in the day.

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Re:Permanent suspension of @realDonaldTrump by syshum on Friday January 08, 2021 @07:08PM (#25692935)

Thanks, I wonder if that is origin of the usage..

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Re:Permanent suspension of @realDonaldTrump by trav4225 on Friday January 08, 2021 @07:16PM (#25693096)

Hmm... might be!

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