Trump, say, near ground interrupted by people (10)
I believe the answer is:
republican
'trump' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I cannot understand how one could define the other.
'near ground interrupted by people' is the wordplay.
'ground' indicates anagramming the letters ('grind' the letters into a new form).
'interrupted by' indicates putting letters inside.
'people' becomes 'public' ().
'near' anagrammed gives 'rean'.
'rean' enclosing 'public' is 'REPUBLICAN'.
'say' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for republican that I've seen before include "American in party" , "in foreign party" , "American politician" , "Eg Lincoln" , "Member of US political party" .)