Donald Trump has again discarded any pretence of restrained presidential language, telling Iran to 'open the f***in' strait' in a publicly posted threat and, weeks later, calling the White House a 's**t house' while Melania sat nearby urging him to stay polite.
The first incident took place on Easter Sunday, 5 April 2026, when Trump posted an expletive-filled ultimatum to Iran on his Truth Social platform, threatening to destroy the country's power plants and bridges unless it reopened the Strait of Hormuz. The second came five weeks later on 11 May 2026, when Trump called the White House a 's**t house' during a live speech at a Rose Garden Club dinner honouring law enforcement officials, seconds after acknowledging his wife had asked him not to swear in public.
