Trumps F-bomb on live TV is an extreme rarity for presidents and underscores his frustration over Israel-Iran cease-fire breakdown
President Trump’s R-rated rant toward Israel and Iran after a cease-fire agreement he helped broker fell apart was a rare — but not unheard of — example of a commander in chief unleashing his inner potty mouth.“We basically have two countries that have been fighting so long and so hard that they don’t know what the f–k they’re doing, do you understand?” a visibly frustrated Trump vented before walking to Marine One, which would take him from the White House to Joint Base Andrews to head to a NATO summit.Trump isn’t the only president who has been known to let the expletives fly when properly motivated, but it is uncommon — and offered a window into his sour mood after having the rug pulled out from under him just hours after he triumphantly proclaimed an imminent end to hostilities between Israel and Iran.The president famously dropped another F-bomb when delivering remarks as a candidate at the California GOP Fall Convention in 2023, saying “let’s indict the motherf–ker” in reference to former President Joe Biden, drawing cheers from the crowd.There have been numerous instances of former presidents unknowingly swearing into a hot mic, such as then-Vice President Biden loudly whispering, “This is a big f–king deal” in the ear of former President Barack Obama as he took the podium at the signing ceremony for health care reform legislation in 2010.When he was vying for the 2000 GOP nomination, former President George W.
Bush leaned over to his veep Dick Cheney at a Labor Day rally and said, not knowing he was in a live mic, “There’s Adam Clymer, major league asshole from the New York Times,” to which Cheney responded, “Oh yeah, he is, big time.”But sometimes presidents — or vice presidents — swear with reckless abandon without caring who hears.In 2004, Cheney himself let fly an epic F-word of his own, from the Senate floor no less, when Sen.Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) pressed him about his ties to government contractor Halli...