Who Popularized The Phrase 'Many Such Cases'? Donald Trump's Catchphrase From His Twitter Heydays Explained

Trump's Twitter heyday was rife with memetic potential, from the infamous "Covfefe Incident" to his coining, "Thank you Kanye, very cool!" It seemed like every week, the former President would come up with a tweet so ridiculous and unexpected, the internet would have no choice but to ape it till it no longer resembled anything close to funny.

But while many of Trump's more notorious tweets stem from his time as the President of the United States from 2016 to 2020, one Trump-ism has been around since before his campaign even began. Back in 2014, Trump posted a grossly incorrect anti-vax opinion that was punctuated by a phrase his many 4chan loyalists immediately picked up; "Many such cases!"

Here's how the innocuous-sounding catchphrase went from a throw-away tweet by Trump to an often-quoted internetism over the course of a decade.

Where Did The Phrase 'Many Such Cases!' Come From?

On March 28th, 2014, Donald Trump made an anti-vax posted claiming that vaccines cause autism in children, adding that there are "Many such cases!" of this happening. The post gathered over 29,000 likes and 19,000 retweets in nine years.

How Did 'Many Such Cases!' Become An Internet Catchphrase?

Trump's "vaccines cause autism" was as shocking as his antics usually got in the mid 2010s, but it wasn't until he began his 2016 Presidential Election campaign that his supporters really came to mimic his speech.

Another Trumpism, "Sad!", became an expression aped by his supporters on 4chan and the since-banned /r/The_Donald subreddit. The following post on 4chan, for example, made use of both "Sad!" and "Many such cases!"

By the late 2010s, the catchphrase appeared in a multitude of 4chan posts, often used to emphasize the point being made, with the tweet being used as a phrasal template.

What Are Some More Examples Of 'Many Such Cases!' Being Used In Memes Online?

By the early 2020s, the phrase saw widespread usage on Twitter, with internet users including the line in their posts for emphasis and comedy purposes. Twitter user @ItsTheMainMan posted a meme using the catchphrase as a caption in December 2021, while X user @SaveYourSons used the catchphrase to crib about cubicle office jobs.

For the full history of Many Such Cases, be sure to check out Know Your Meme's encyclopedia entry for more information.