Watch: Trump swears in angry outburst at Iran and Israel
US president Donald Trump on Tuesday (June 24) expressed frustration at Iran-Israel ceasefire violations, by dropping the 'F' word when being questioned by media on the White House lawn. Trump was filmed saying 'You know what, we have, 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. You understand that?', before turning away from cameras and heading to his helicopter for a trip to a NATO summit in The Hague.
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Extra.ie
25 minutes ago
- Extra.ie
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.
Irish Times
an hour ago
- Irish Times
Hours after Netanyahu spoke of a historic victory over Iran, Israel was hit by a painful reminder
In a televised address to the nation on Tuesday night, Israeli prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu outlined the achievements of the 12-day war with Iran . He said Israel had achieved a historic victory that would last for generations. But a few hours later came a painful reminder that Israel is bogged down in another war, in Gaza , with the news that seven soldiers had been killed in Khan Younis. In the latest incident it is believed that a Palestinian gunman managed to attach a bomb to an armoured personnel carrier and the vehicle caught fire as a result of the explosion. The incident brought to 879 the number of troops killed in the 20-month Gaza war. READ MORE The Iran war had kept Gaza out of the news in Israel over the last fortnight, but during this period more than 1,000 Gazan residents were killed, including more than 240 who were collecting food from distribution centres, where chaos continues on a daily basis. Fifty hostages remain in Hamas captivity, of whom 20 are believed to be alive, on day 628 of the war. Qatar hopes indirect talks can resume in the coming days between Israel and Hamas as part of a renewed push to reach a ceasefire and hostage release deal. US president Donald Trump said on Wednesday that great progress was being made with Gaza ceasefire negotiations and that the strikes on Iran would help to get the hostages released. [ Trump basks in Iran ceasefire success despite doubt over extent of damage ] The ceasefire with Iran has led to calls from across the political spectrum to bring an end to the Gaza war. Moshe Gafni, from the ultra-Orthodox United Torah Judaism party, a key Netanyahu ally, said: 'We are facing a sad day in which seven soldiers were killed. I don't understand what we're fighting for and for what purpose. What are we even trying to achieve there, when soldiers are being killed all the time?' But Netanyahu's far-right coalition partners believe an end to the Gaza war will only be achieved by a crushing defeat of Hamas. Bezalel Smotrich, head of the Religious Zionist party, said Israel should escalate the fighting to defeat Hamas within two months. 'We have removed an immediate existential threat from Iran. Now [we turn] with all our strength to Gaza to complete the task: to destroy Hamas and return our hostages and to ensure, with God's help, many years of security and growth from strength for the people of Israel.'
Irish Examiner
an hour ago
- Irish Examiner
Trump says US and Iranian officials will talk next week as ceasefire holds
The fragile ceasefire between Israel and Iran appeared to be holding on Wednesday while President Donald Trump asserted that US and Iranian officials will talk next week, giving rise to cautious hope for longer-term peace even as Tehran insisted it will not give up its nuclear programme. Mr Trump, who helped negotiate the ceasefire that took hold on Tuesday on the 12th day of the war, told reporters at a Nato summit that he was not particularly interested in restarting negotiations with Iran, insisting that US strikes had destroyed its nuclear programme. Earlier in the day, an Iranian official questioned whether the United States could be trusted after its weekend attack. President Donald Trump speaks during a media conference at the end of the Nato summit in The Hague, Netherlands (Alex Brandon/AP) 'We may sign an agreement, I don't know,' Mr Trump said. 'The way I look at it, they fought, the war is done.' Iran has not acknowledged any talks taking place next week, though US Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff has said there has been direct and indirect communication between the countries. A sixth round of negotiations between the US and Iran had been scheduled for earlier this month in Oman but was cancelled when Israel attacked Iran. Earlier, Mr Trump said the ceasefire was going 'very well', and added that Iran was 'not going to have a bomb and they're not going to enrich'. Iran has insisted, however, that it will not give up its nuclear programme. In a vote underscoring the tough path ahead, its parliament agreed to fast-track a proposal that would effectively stop the country's co-operation with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the UN watchdog that has monitored the programme for years. Ahead of the vote, parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf criticised the IAEA for having 'refused to even pretend to condemn the attack on Iran's nuclear facilities' that the United States carried out on Sunday. 'For this reason, the Atomic Energy Organisation of Iran will suspend co-operation with the IAEA until security of nuclear facilities is ensured, and Iran's peaceful nuclear programme will move forward at a faster pace,' Mr Qalibaf told legislators. Damage at Fordo enrichment facility after strikes in Iran (Maxar Technologies via AP) IAEA director general Rafael Mariano Grossi said he had already written to Iran to discuss resuming inspections of their nuclear facilities. Among other things, Iran claims to have moved its highly enriched uranium ahead of the US strikes, and Mr Grossi said his inspectors need to reassess the country's stockpiles. 'We need to return,' he said. 'We need to engage.' French President Emmanuel Macron, whose country was part of the 2015 deal with Iran that restricted its nuclear programme but began unravelling after Mr Trump pulled the US out in his first term, said he hoped Tehran would come back to the table. Iran has long maintained that its nuclear programme was peaceful, and US intelligence agencies have assessed that Tehran is not actively pursuing a bomb. However, Israeli leaders have argued that Iran could quickly assemble a nuclear weapon. Israel is widely believed to be the only Middle Eastern country with nuclear weapons, which it has never acknowledged. Workers clear rubble of a damaged building in Tehran, Iran (Vahid Salemi/AP) The Israel Atomic Energy Commission said its assessment was that the US and Israeli strikes have 'set back Iran's ability to develop nuclear weapons by many years'. It did not give evidence to back up its claim. The US strikes hit three Iranian nuclear sites, which Mr Trump said 'completely and fully obliterated' the country's nuclear programme. At the Nato summit, when asked about a US intelligence report that found Iran's nuclear programme has been set back only a few months, Mr Trump scoffed and said it would at least take 'years' to rebuild. Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmail Baghaei confirmed that the strikes by US B-2 bombers using bunker-buster bombs had caused significant damage. 'Our nuclear installations have been badly damaged, that's for sure,' he told Al Jazeera on Wednesday, while refusing to go into detail. Mr Baghaei seemed to suggest Iran might not shut out IAEA inspectors for good, noting that the bill before parliament only talks of suspending work with the agency, not ending it. He also insisted Iran has the right to pursue a nuclear energy programme. A heavily damaged building in a residential area in Beersheba, Israel (Ariel Schalit/AP) 'Iran is determined to preserve that right under any circumstances,' he said. Mr Witkoff said on Fox News late on Tuesday that Israel and the US had achieved their objective of 'the total destruction of the enrichment capacity' in Iran, and Iran's prerequisite for talks – that Israel end its campaign – had been fulfilled. 'The proof is in the pudding,' he said. 'No-one's shooting at each other. It's over.' Mr Grossi said he could not speculate on how bad the damage was but that Iran's nuclear capabilities were well known. 'The technical knowledge is there, and the industrial capacity is there,' he said. 'That no-one can deny, so we need to work together with them.' An Israeli official said the ceasefire agreement with Iran amounted to 'quiet for quiet', with no further understandings about Iran's nuclear programme going ahead. In the Fox News interview, Mr Witkoff said Mr Trump is now looking to land 'a comprehensive peace agreement that goes beyond even the ceasefire'. Out of the ... bad things that military conflict brings, there's also now a possibility, an opening 'We're already talking to each other, not just directly, but also through interlocutors,' Mr Witkoff said, adding that the conversations were promising and 'we're hopeful that we can have a long-term peace agreement'. However, Mr Baghaei said Washington had 'torpedoed diplomacy' with its attacks on nuclear sites, and that while Iran in principle was always open to talks, national security was the priority. 'We have to make sure whether the other parties are really serious when they're talking about diplomacy, or is it again part of their tactics to make more problems for the region and for my country,' he said. China, a close Iranian partner and major buyer of Iranian oil, said it hoped a 'lasting and effective ceasefire can be achieved so as to promote' peace and stability in the region. China has blamed Israel for starting the war and destabilising the region. Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun told reporters that China is willing to 'inject positive factors to safeguard peace and stability in the Middle East'. Mr Grossi said Iran and the international community should seize the opportunity of the ceasefire for a long-term diplomatic solution. 'Out of the … bad things that military conflict brings, there's also now a possibility, an opening,' he said. 'We shouldn't miss that opportunity.' Read More Trump defends US strikes on Iran as intelligence assessment stirs debate
