tin-eared

adj

adj

Etymology From tin ear + -ed.

Having a tin ear; tone-deaf.

But Trump’s pursuit of his political vendettas in a presidency increasingly revolving around personal goals, expensive legacy projects and tin-eared economic messaging is going to cause a headache for the GOP.2026 May 18, Stephen Collinson, “Trump’s vendettas deliver, but at what cost to the GOP?”, in CNN, archived from the original on 18 May 2026:

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