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It is not a Trumpism. As an example, it has been on Wiktionary since 2008, well before Trump. https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=warfighter&action=his

• mikeyouse 8mo ago
  It’s been a term in rare-to-moderate use since the 1990s — Trump/Hegseth ramped it up to 11 and it’s every 3rd word out of Hegseth’s mouth because he thinks it sounds tough.