: a person exhibiting mental decline especially in old age
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Madman, rogue, gangster, frightened barking dog, dotard, rocket man, little rocket man -- the criticism of course by the American media was relentless.
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Fox News,
10 Mar. 2018
All the fighters at work achieve the everyday goal by over 200% with hearts to kill dotard Trump by cutting and tearing apart his body and cutting his head off!
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Will Ripley and Tim Schwarz,
CNN,
26 Oct. 2017
Fox News and Breitbart built media empires dedicated to dotards.
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Michael Harriot,
The Root,
6 Oct. 2017
Stay above the snakeline, and don’t call anyone a dotard because Kim’s lawyers are on speed-dial and those stubby fingers can really move, folks.
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Charles P. Pierce,
Esquire,
22 Sep. 2017
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Fox News,
10 Mar. 2018
All the fighters at work achieve the everyday goal by over 200% with hearts to kill dotard Trump by cutting and tearing apart his body and cutting his head off!
—
Will Ripley and Tim Schwarz,
CNN,
26 Oct. 2017
Fox News and Breitbart built media empires dedicated to dotards.
—
Michael Harriot,
The Root,
6 Oct. 2017
Stay above the snakeline, and don’t call anyone a dotard because Kim’s lawyers are on speed-dial and those stubby fingers can really move, folks.
—
Charles P. Pierce,
Esquire,
22 Sep. 2017
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“Dotard.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dotard. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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