If there was ever a set of rules for politicians interfacing with the public, steadfast avoidance of profanity might have been at the very top of such a list. Robert’s Rules of Order, which are often invoked in political spaces, certainly prohibit personal insults, including profanity. But these are new times.
Just last week, President Donald Trump dropped the F-bomb in a social media post urging the Iranians to open the Strait of Hormuz before a ceasefire was implemented. And it’s not just Trump. In January, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, in what was arguably his first public moment in the national spotlight, used several expletives in a public address condemning a federal immigration crackdown unfolding in his city that resulted in the deaths of two Minnesotans.
What the (bleep) changed?
