Vulgar, Sexist and Hurtful: Donald Trump’s History of Insults
US President Donald Trump told a Minneapolis rally late Thursday that Joe Biden, one of the Democratic frontrunners vying to challenge him in next year’s elections, had only been a good vice president because “he understood how to kiss Barack Obama’s ass.”
President Trump departing the @WhiteHouse shortly for Louisiana! https://t.co/la6tL5LbUX
— Dan Scavino Jr. Archived (@Scavino45) October 11, 2019
The comment was only the latest in a history of Trump fighting talk that often lands below the belt.
Donald Trump’s History of Insults
Slimeball
Trump used the slang to insult James Comey, the former FBI director whom he fired, and who later wrote a book comparing the president’s leadership style to that of a Mafia boss.
Horseface
That was the barb reserved for porn star Stormy Daniels, who said she had a tryst with the real estate magnate in 2006, months after Melania Trump gave birth to their son.
Crooked Hillary
This was the moniker he bestowed on his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton, a former first lady, senator, and secretary of state, as they battled for votes in the 2016 presidential election.
Dog, Crazed, Crying lowlife
These slurs were hurled by the president at Omarosa Manigault Newman, who had appeared with him on his reality television show “The Apprentice” and whom he took to the White House as an aide before firing her.
Low IQ Person
Trump, who describes himself as a “stable genius,” has questioned the intellectual capacity of Maxine Waters, the Democratic chair of the House Financial Services Committee, who has been a staunch critic.
Son of a Bitch
In his attacks on NFL players who knelt during the national anthem at football matches in protest against police violence towards African Americans, Trump urged club owners to “get that son of a bitch off the field right now.”
Grab ’em by the Pussy
Shortly before the 2016 election, an audiotape emerged in which Trump is heard saying: “When you’re a star, they let you do it.
You can do anything.”
He added: “Grab ’em by the pussy. You can do anything.”
Blood Coming out
“You could see there was blood coming out of her eyes. Blood coming out of her wherever,” Trump said of then-Fox News host Megyn Kelly after she asked during a Republican primary debate in 2015 about previous misogynistic statements.
He also called Kelly a “bimbo.”
Pig
Trump slammed comedian and actress Rosie O’Donnell as a “pig” in 2006, after she called him a “snake-oil salesman,” sparking a decade-long feud.
That Face
“Look at that face,” Trump once said of his Republican primary rival Carly Fiorina, a former Hewlett-Packard executive.
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Machado later said she suffered eating disorders and psychological trauma as a result of the public shaming.
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