The cursing president

How Trump changed America's rules about profanity

President Trump.
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Donald Trump is the first president to make C-SPAN unsuitable viewing for children. "The president used language that some may find offensive," reads a disclaimer on C-SPAN's website for a speech he gave in July. In that speech, President Trump said, "If you don't support me, you're going to be so goddamn poor."

Taking the Lord's name in vain is mild compared with the president's recent statements. On Friday, he called Beto O'Rourke a "poor bastard." On Sunday, he retweeted a video of a UFC fighter calling him "a bad motherf---er." On Monday, he called Gov. Matt Bevin (R-Ky.) "a pain in the ass."

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Windsor Mann

Windsor Mann is the editor of The Quotable Hitchens: From Alcohol to Zionism.