Every time Trump has sworn in public after 'f*** you' slur to Ford worker

Not quite nine years later, the president was filmed this week, mouthing “f*** you” and raising his middle finger to a Ford factory worker, with the White House calling his slur “appropriate”.

Once upon a time, Richard Nixon’s private use of “hell” and “damn” was seen as inappropriate enough to be redacted from the Watergate transcripts.

By 2012, Barack Obama privately called his election opponent Mitt Romney a “bulls******,” but this was as sweary as the 44th president ever got in a, then, new highwatermark.

But, over two terms, Mr Trump has raised the bar for profanity to the point where a four-letter slur is uttered to a member of the public without apology or surprise.

Here is a short history of Trump’s swearing.

Every time Trump has sworn in public

“Oh f***” - March 2020

Donald Trump’s profanity was broadcast to American television when he said “oh f***” at realising he had a mark on his suit before giving a covid-19 speech.

The broadcaster, C-Span, took the blame, stating: “We immediately erased this video from our files, but this was clearly a mistake on our part, which we regret.”

Calling Kamala Harris “really f***** bad” - July 2024

Relaxing on a golf course after a debate with 2024 election opponent Joe Biden, Mr Trump calmly told a member of the public the current president was a “broken-down pile of crap”.

He had even stronger words for Kamala Harris, who he, correctly, predicted was about to take over as the Democratic candidate. “She’s so bad. She’s so pathetic, she’s so f****** bad.”

“They don’t know what the f*** they are doing” - June 2025

Iran and Israel had been fighting "so long and so hard that they don't know what the f*** they're doing," the president told reporters outside the White House, before flying to engage with leaders in the Middle East.

This was thought to be the first time that a president had sworn in a public setting.

Telling rally that America only takes immigrants from “s***hole countries” - December 2025

Having denied, in 2018, that he had privately referred to “s***** countries,” Mr Trump was unafraid to say the phrase in public at a rally in Pennsylvania.

“We always take people from Somalia, places that are a disaster, disgusting, dirty, and ridden with crime,” he said.

Telling Ford factory worker, “f***you”- January 2026

The president was touring the Ford factory in Michigan when a worker, named as TJ Sabula, shouted that he was a “paedophile protector” in reference to his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein.

“F*** you,” the president was seen to mouth in response, and stuck his middle finger up at the worker, who revealed he was sacked for his protest.

The White House called it an “appropriate and unambiguous response” to the jibe.

"As far as calling him out, definitely no regrets whatsoever,” Mr Sabula later said.