Not just for Trump - Some more infamous examples of politicians swearing in public
Donald Trump raised eyebrows after he dropped a swear word on live television to describe the Israel-Iran conflict.
Now, swearing is just a part of life; and this isn't even the first time as a public figure, Mr Trump has dropped a bomb on television, either as a real estate magnate, TV host, or Presidential candidate/President of the US.
But either way, sometimes it's still a bit jarring when a public representative does say a swear, be it intentionally or otherwise.
We might as well start with the most recent one.
Donald Trump announced a ceasefire between Israel and Iran after a 12 day exchange over Iran's reported development of a nuclear bomb — a ceasefire that was nearly immediately broken when both countries accused the other of breaking the ceasefire.
Despite being close allies with Israel, Mr Trump clearly expressed his frustrations with both countries; telling reporters 'We basically have two countries that have been fighting so long and so hard that they don't know what the f**k they're doing.' Pic: Oireachtas TV
The greatest moment in the Dáil, Greens TD Paul Gogarty gained international notoriety when he aimed an incredibly heated expletive at Labour's Emmett Stagg.
Following a heated debate around a social welfare bill for the 2010 Budget, Mr Gogarty now famously gave a heads up that he was going to swear; saying 'in the most unparliamentary language, f**k you, Deputy Stagg! F**k you!' before immediately apologising.
Incredibly, since the use of f**k was not on the list of banned words in the Dáil (granted, because it was never used before then), so Mr Gogarty didn't face any serious repercussions. He lost his seat in the 2011 election, but won his seat back last year — where he weirdly quoted Chappell Roan's song Good Luck, Babe! in the chamber. Then President of Mexico Vincente Fox had strong words for then Presidential candidate Donald Trump, who said that he was going to build a border wall between the US and Mexico that Mexico would pay for. Pic:Of course, one of the biggest campaign promises during Donald Trump's first Presidential campaign was that he was going to build a border wall between the US and Mexico, making the latter pay for it.
When Mr Trump became the frontrunner for the Republican presidential candidacy in 2016, then Mexican President Vicente Fox Quesada told the then-candidate where to go regarding his plans for a US-built, Mexican-paid border wall.
'I'm not going to pay for that f**king wall. [Trump] should pay for it,' Mr Fox said at the time. 'He's got the money.' Joe Biden and Barack Obama enjoyed a bit of a bromance during Obama's Presidency. Mr Biden was caught on a hot mic saying that a bill his boss signed was a 'big f**king deal.' Pic: Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images
While Joe Biden's Presidency was full of gaffes, the then Vice President was picked up on a hot mic hugging his superior, President Barack Obama, after the latter signed healthcare reform legislation.
Intending to whisper 'this is a big f*****g deal' to Mr Obama, Mr Biden was picked up on a microphone saying so, where it was repeated on Fox News a number of times.
After China stonewalled on a deal with Australia, Kevin Rudd had some choice words for his Chinese counterparts.
Going on a rant to political journalist David Marr, Mr Marr wrote of Mr Rudd in his Quarterly Essay 'His anger was real, but his language seemed forced, deliberately foul.
'In this mood, he'd been talking about countries 'rat f**king' each other for days. Was a deal still possible, asked one of the Australians, [Rudd said] 'depends whether those rat-f**king Chinese want to f**k us.'' While he said it off record, it was reported anyway. Oops.
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