Donald Trump Prompt: How Provocative AI Prompts Affect UX Budgets

Do you know that feeling when you go into a meeting with clean UX data, clear insights and well-founded recommendations, and yet nothing happens?

You explain conversion drop-offs, quote users, show heat maps, and in the end they say, "Understood, but we have other priorities right now."

In my work as a UX consultant, I've been encountering this pattern for years. Good UX rarely fails because of insights, but because of communication. And this is where it gets exciting.

This article shows you how to use an unusual tool, the Donald Trump Prompt, to use AI to sharpen UX issues so that they are not only understood but felt by management. Not politically, but functionally.

📌 The most important points in brief

• UX often fails in management because of language, not data.

• The Donald Trump Prompt translates UX problems into emotional business signals.

• Provocative AI prompts help to expose the real pain point.

• It's about clarity, not volume.

• AI serves as a mirror, not a sender

• Particularly effective in budget, prioritisation and roadmap discussions

What is a Donald Trump prompt?

A Donald Trump prompt is a deliberately provocative prompt instruction to an AI that is based on Donald Trump's communication principles. Not his politics, but his style.

Specifically, this means:

• Extreme simplification

• Emotional escalation

• Clear attribution of blame

• Repetition of key messages

• Focus on loss and threat

The AI is instructed to formulate a UX topic in exactly this style.

The result is not a text for LinkedIn or press releases, but a working artefact that helps to reveal the core of a problem.

Why classic UX arguments often don't work

UX experts often argue with:

• Usability criteria

• Heuristics

• Research results

• Methodological rigour

This is technically correct, but often ineffective in a management context.

Decision-makers prioritise based on:

• Risk

• Revenue

• Speed

• Competition

• Personal responsibility

If UX problems are not translated into this logic, they remain abstract.

A practical example:

In an e-commerce project, it was clearly evident that the checkout process was too complex. Nevertheless, nothing was changed for months. It was only when we framed the issue as ‘monthly revenue loss in the six-figure range’ that things started to move.

Why provocative prompts work with AI

AI is amazingly good at exaggerating things when you ask it to. The Donald Trump prompt forces you to radically simplify your own topic. It acts like a filter:

What remains when technical language, relativisations and safeguards are removed?

Example 1: Confusing navigation

UX topic: Users cannot find content

Classic wording: Optimise information architecture

Donald Trump prompt result:

"Our website is a MESS. No one can find anything. Customers click, lose patience and leave. The competition is delighted. This costs us money EVERY DAY."

What is happening here:

The UX problem is being translated into an acute business risk.

Example 2: Complicated checkout

UX issue: Too many steps in the purchase process

Donald Trump Prompt Result: "Our checkout is a disaster. Customers want to pay, but we are holding them up. Click by click, we are losing money. Who decided this? This is bad business."

Suddenly, it's no longer about form fields, but about lost sales.

Example 3: Lack of accessibility

UX issue: Non-accessible product

Donald Trump prompt result: "We are excluding millions of people. Intentionally or out of convenience. Both are bad. Bad image, bad business, high risk."

When it comes to accessibility in particular, this exaggeration is often an eye-opener, even for those responsible for the budget.

How to use the Donald Trump Prompt effectively

Important: The Donald Trump Prompt is not a communication style for everyday use. It is an analysis tool.

The following approach has proven successful:

1. Describe the UX issue objectively

2. Run the Donald Trump Prompt through AI

3. Analyse the result

4. Extract the key pain points

5. Translate these points into professional language

This creates a clear, management-friendly argument without polarising.

Typical use cases

The Donald Trump Prompt works particularly well for:

• Budget approvals

• Roadmap prioritisation

• Stalled discussions

• Internal justification loops

• Strategic UX initiatives

It is less suitable for detailed operational discussions or external communication.

FAQ

Is the Donald Trump Prompt meant to be political?

No. It is exclusively about communication patterns, not content or positions.

Couldn't that backfire?

Yes, if you use the texts unfiltered. As an internal tool, it is very effective.

Do I need special AI tools for this?

No. Common models such as ChatGPT, Claude or Gemini are sufficient.

Is this manipulative?

It is exaggerated. The responsibility for the final communication lies with you.

Conclusion

The Donald Trump Prompt is not a panacea. But it is a surprisingly effective tool for taking UX topics out of their comfort zone and translating them into language that resonates with management.

If your UX arguments regularly fall on deaf ears, it's rarely because of the quality of your work. Often it's because of the packaging.

AI can help you rethink that packaging. Provocative, clear and effective.

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As of December 2025