Donald Trump claimed in a filmed interview with his daughter-in-law Lara Trump on Friday that 'most people' do not know the word 'dumb' ends with a 'b,' sparking a fresh wave of ridicule and anger online in the United States and beyond.
The president was attempting to justify a new insult he has been pushing on his Truth Social platform, repeatedly referring to Democrats as 'Dumocrats.' In the Lara Trump interview, he said he coined the term while watching House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, whom he labelled 'a dumb person.' Trump then launched into an unsolicited spelling lesson, telling viewers: 'I take the word 'dumb,' take the 'B' off, 'cause most people don't know that, you know, dumb ends with a "B."'
