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Garrett Owen

Iran strikes, Trump makes "n-word" joke

While Iranian forces were shelling an American military base in Qatar, President Donald Trump was complaining about the people he sees on his television and making crude jokes about "the n-word."

In a series of posts that started shortly after employees at the American embassy in Qatar were warned of possible Iranian attacks, Trump got in a dig at former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev after the high-ranking official warned that countries were ready to "directly supply Iran" with nuclear warheads. Trump took the opportunity to repeatedly make a thudding and crass "n-word" joke.

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