TLDR: Trump is the term for an era... not just a poltical figure. "Gate" is synonymous with scandal. Even if Trump is not directly proven guilty of illegal actions his surname will be identified with his (indisputably guilty) administration. Like the Reagan Era -- Reaganomics. This is most likely the answer. The word Trump, unlike Nixon, most definitely define this era of an outsider politician that won over the electoral majority of American voters. Watergate was the name of the office complex. Not water. But "Watergate". Gamergate and others are wordplays (possibly not the correct term -- please correct and I will edit) on the infamous scandal. "Gate" - being synonymous with scandal, would be most easily (news and social media especially) correlated to this Russian scandal... due to being directly attributed to Trump and his team. Honestly, I don't think Trump will be successfully removed from office in his first term -- that is to say, however unlikely a second term is achieved -- despite the fact that most of his cabinet will be under heavy scrutiny/removed entirely form office. Mike Pence... still being popular with Republicans may gather massive support/influence, but ultimately Trump will be not the name.. but the term use... for the era of the late 2010s and even the early 2020s... even if he is not re-elected... just to "clean up" his "mess". I put quotes because, despite our boards primary and ultimately accurate leanings... is fully subjective (nearly half of the population voted for Trump and because we can obviously no longer rely ob n polls, who knows how much support he still/will has/have.

Why isn't there a term called Obamanomics? WTF?