Trumptini
{{short description|Cocktail made with rum, Cointreau and cranberry juice}}
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| flaming = no
| gin = no
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| other = Bacardi Limon, Cointreau
| served = Straight up
| garnish = Lemon peel shaped like a "T"; salmon caviar
| drinkware = cocktail
| ingredients = *1 ¼ ounces Bacardi Limon,
- ¾ ounce Cointreau
- 2 ounces sour mix
- Splash of cranberry juice
| prep = Straight: Pour all ingredients into mixing glass with ice cubes. Shake well. Strain in chilled martini cocktail glass, with a salt rim. Garnish with a "T"-shaped slice of lemon peel and a scoop of salmon caviar
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The Trumptini is a cold, cranberry-flavoured cocktail made with Bacardi Limon, Cointreau, sour mix and cranberry juice. It is traditionally served in a Rokz salt-rimmed martini glass, and garnished with scoop of premium red Atlantic salmon caviar, and a T-shaped slice of lemon peel.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/jun/06/trumptini-donald-trump-cocktail|title=What's in a Trumptini? A cocktail of rum, citrus and caviar made for a tycoon|last= Luscombe|first=Richard|date=12 October 2018|work=The Guardian|accessdate=25 August 2020}}
While not a true martini, the word is a portmanteau of the name Trump (named after Donald Trump) and the word martini.
Origins
The Trumptini is the signature cocktail of the Trump International Beach Resort in Miami, Florida. It is named after the hotel's owner Donald Trump in honour of the opening of the hotel in 1992, despite the fact that Donald Trump himself is teetotal.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-38651623|title=Teetotal Trump and the drinking presidents|last= Wright|first=Ben|date=17 January 2017|work=BBC News|accessdate=25 August 2020}}
In 2008, the Trumptini was awarded as "Best Signature Drink" by the Miami New Times.{{cite news|url=https://www.miaminewtimes.com/best-of/2008/food-and-drink/best-signature-drink-6401889|title=Best of Miami 2008: Food and Drink|work=Miami New Times|accessdate=25 August 2020}}
The "Trumptini" is a trademarked brand. In June 2016, ownership of the Trumptini trademark was transferred from the Trump Organization to Drinks Americas.{{cite news|url=https://eu.delawareonline.com/story/news/2016/06/01/trump-moves-trademarks-delaware/85254878/|title=Donald Trump moves more than 110 trademarks to Delaware|last= Mordok|first=Jeff|date=1 June 2016|work=Delaware Online|accessdate=25 August 2020}}
Variations
Unofficial variations of the Trumptini have been served at various locations across the world.
During the 2016 US presidential election campaign, The Rustic restaurant in Houston, Texas served a version of the Trumptini which used vodka instead of Bacardi, and used gold flakes instead of lemon peel.{{cite news|url=http://www.restaurantnews.com/pick-your-poison-at-the-rustic-on-super-tuesday/|title=Pick Your Poison at The Rustic on Super Tuesday|date=25 February 2016|work=Nation's Restaurant News|accessdate=25 August 2020}}
In 2018, Maxwells Steakhouse in Covent Garden, London, England created a "Stormy Trumptini" cocktail to commemorate President Trump's state visit to the United Kingdom. The Stormy Trumptini was similar to a porn star martini, made with vanilla-flavoured vodka, Passoã, passion fruit juice, and passion fruit puree. The cocktail was garnished with candy floss to imitate Trump's distinctive hairstyle, and was served alongside a shot glass of prosecco and Grenadine, which was meant to resemble the "nuclear button".{{cite news|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/go/london/restaurants/chubby-burgers-and-orange-martinis-mark-trump-s-uk-visit-at-covent-gardens-maxwells-a3858736.html|title=Chubby burgers and orange Martinis: Mark Trump's UK visit at Covent Garden's Maxwell's|last= Thomson|first=Lizzie|date=11 June 2018|work=Evening Standard|accessdate=25 August 2020}}
=As an internet meme=
In April 2020, during a press conference on the COVID-19 pandemic, President Trump appeared to ask whether injecting disinfectants into the body could be an effective cure for coronavirus, perhaps sarcastically.[https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/apr/24/trump-comments-about-injecting-disinfectant-were-s/ Trump: Comments about injecting disinfectant 'sarcastic']{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/24/us/politics/trump-inject-disinfectant-bleach-coronavirus.html|title=Trump's Suggestion That Disinfectants Could Be Used to Treat Coronavirus Prompts Aggressive Pushback|last1= Rogers|first1=Katie|last2= Hauser|first2=Christine|last3= Yuhas|first3=Alan|last4= Haberman|first4=Maggie|date=24 April 2020|work=The New York Times|accessdate=25 August 2020}} Trump's comments were ridiculed online and formed the basis of several memes, with internet users creating fake recipes for a Trumptini cocktail, consisting of mixes of various bleaches and other disinfectants, and garnished with Tide Pods.{{cite news|url=https://telanganatoday.com/trumps-injecting-disinfectants-gaffe-leaves-netizens-in-splits|title=Trump's injecting disinfectants gaffe leaves netizens in splits|last= Maddila|first=Suyash|date=25 April 2020|work=Telangana Today|accessdate=25 August 2020}}
See also
- Vodka martini
- List of cocktails
- List of things named after Donald Trump
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- {{portal-inline|Drink}}