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In 20 years, kids hearing the term "trumped up" might assume it's a reference to Donald Trump's reputation for lying. (sh.itjust.works)
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[–] [email protected] 13 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

That's very possible. This process is called "folk etymology", and your example of "playing the trump card" is folk etymology-induced semantic drift.