Trump dropped an F-bomb this week – and just for a moment, I warmed to him | Gary Nunn

That outburst of exasperation at the White House felt very human. Perhaps other politicians should cautiously take note

• Gary Nunn is a freelance journalist and author

I did not get out of bed this morning expecting to praise the public use of an expletive, but such is 2025. If any president was going to break this presidential norm, as NPR put it, it was always going to be Donald Trump.

We basically have two countries that have been fighting so long and so hard that they don't know what the fuck they're doing," the president told a group of reporters this week. Do you understand that?" he asked, before storming off.

Gary Nunn is a freelance journalist and author