The Washington Post: Only the most colorful politicians get special names in sign language assigned to them by the Deaf community, everyone else’s names are finger spelled, one letter at a time.
Sign language users have proposed name signs for two of the current presidential candidates, but they haven’t really caught on yet, says Melissa Malzkuhn, co-founder and a developer of The ASL App, which teaches conversational American Sign Language in the United States.
Donald Trump: Use your hand to emulate what might happen if a stiff wind came in contact with Trump’s hair.
Here are a few signs being batted around this election cycle, plus the slang signs for several presidents in the past and present... HERE.
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