Trump’s On-Camera F-Bomb Was Presidential First

NPR reports:

President Trump on Tuesday emphatically dropped an f-bomb, on camera, expressing frustration that Israel and Iran appeared to be violating the ceasefire that he just celebrated going into effect. “We basically have two countries that have been fighting so long and so hard that they don’t know what the f*** they’re doing,” Trump said to reporters as he left the White House.

More than any other president, Trump has been known to use coarse language in speeches and other public appearances. But even for him, this on-camera utterance of the f-word was new.

American presidents have typically refrained from using it publicly, even when angry or frustrated. When then-Vice President Joe Biden told President Barack Obama that passing the Affordable Care Act was a “big f***ing deal” in front of an amplified microphone, it became a big deal.

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President Trump on Israel and Iran: “We basically have two countries that have been fighting so long and so hard that they don’t know what the fuck they’re doing.” pic.twitter.com/xrztmebALZ

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