Recently, an alarming trend of government officials using foul language has emerged from the ever-intensifying American political climate.
Politicians using this kind of language isn’t inherently bad, but when other government officials around the world don’t talk in this way, it shines a negative light on our current administration.
The most glaring example of this phenomenon has been from President Donald Trump. Trump has had a smashmouth and unorthodox – to say the least – style of politics since the beginning of his Presidential pursuits in 2016, but when speaking on the genocide in Palestine, he became the first president to publicly drop an F-bomb on national television.
“(Both countries) have been fighting so long and so hard that they don’t know what the f– they’re doing,” Trump said.
However, he isn’t the only example. Particularly on social media, politicians have taken to throwing around expletives. Vice President J.D. Vance called a critic a “dips–” in a tweet on Sept. 24, and it isn’t just one-sided. Would-be Democratic congressman Mike Sacks said he would “Unf–” our country on April 9.
Of course, these are adults, and they are perfectly within their rights to use expletive language regardless of their position. However, the use of expletives in any profession is looked down on, and considering America’s position in global politics at the moment, it can’t be a good look that our highest level of politicians are dropping f-bombs and calling their opposition insulting names.
In a survey conducted by the Pew Research Center, it was found that citizens of many countries who are generally our allies show a lack of confidence in the Trump administration’s ability to “do the right thing in foreign affairs.” This includes neighbors Mexico and Canada – 29% and 34% confidence respectively – as well as the majority of our European allies like the U.K. and France – 50% and 29% confidence respectively.
Honestly, whether or not American politicians decide to say f– isn’t really that big of a deal, but our perception among world leaders is. The use of this language further drives an already chaotic era of our political history into a lack of decorum.
