Trump becomes first US president to drop the F-bomb on live TV
Donald Trump made history on Tuesday, June 24 as the first U.S. president to intentionally use the F-word on live television, telling reporters that Israel and Iran “have been fighting so long and so hard that they don’t know what the f*** they’re doing.â€
His remarks came in response to reports that Iran violated a newly announced ceasefire agreement just hours after it was brokered.
While Trump is the first to publicly drop the F-bomb during a live press event, he’s far from the first American president to use profanity â€" and has a well-documented history of controversial language.
Trump joins a long line of presidents caught cursing including his immediate predecessor.
In January 2022, President Joe Biden was caught on a hot mic calling Fox News reporter Peter Doocy a “stupid son of a b****†after the journalist asked whether inflation could become a political liability. Doocy later said Biden called to apologize.
And as vice president in 2010, Biden whispered into President Obama’s ear during the Affordable Care Act signing ceremony: “This is a big f***ing deal.â€
President Barack Obama himself was heard calling Kanye West a “jacka**†in 2009 after the rapper infamously interrupted Taylor Swift at the MTV Video Music Awards. Obama also called Mitt Romney a “bulls***er†in a 2012 Rolling Stone interview.
“I probably curse more than I should,†Obama later admitted, “especially after I became president.â€
Though unfiltered language might seem like a modern trend, presidential cursing goes back generations. According to historians, even Abraham Lincoln was known to use salty language in private.
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