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What to do when the president uses the word ‘Fuckin’’ By Harmeet Kaur, CNN (CNN) — President Trump opened Easter Sunday with a florid threat toward Iran, decked in profanities and obscenities.

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What happened

What to do when the president uses the word ‘Fuckin’’ By Harmeet Kaur, CNN (CNN) — President Trump opened Easter Sunday with a florid threat toward Iran, decked in profanities and obscenities.

Why it matters

“Tuesday will be Power Plant Day, and Bridge Day, all wrapped up in one, in Iran.

Common ground

There will be nothing like it!!!” he wrote on his social media platform Truth Social.

Perspective signals

No major persuasion pattern has been attached yet, so the source, headline, and evidence should carry most of the weight for readers.



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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 13 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “In 2018, President Trump referred to African countries and Haiti as 'shithole countries' during an Oval Office meeting.”
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Claim 2: “Donald Trump omitted the final 'g' in 'Fuckin’' in his post, reflecting the linguistic phenomenon of elision.”
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Claim 3: “Kamala Harris used the phrase 'kick that fucking door down' in a 2020 speech to young people.”
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Claim 4: “The word 'fuck' originates from Germanic languages, specifically related to Dutch, German, and Swedish words meaning 'to copulate' or 'to move back and forth.'”
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Wikipedia entries on Bjorn, E, and the Name of Sweden do not address the etymology of 'fuck' or its Germanic linguistic roots. No relevant evidence provided.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Bjorn, Bjorne (English, Dutch), Björn (Swedish, Icelandic, Dutch, and German), Bjørn (Danish, Faroese and Norwegian), Beorn (Old English) or, rarely, Bjôrn, Biorn, or Latinized Biornus, Brum (Portugue…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — E (minuscule: e) is the fifth letter and the second vowel letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — In Modern English, the name of Sweden (Swedish: Sverige [ˈsvæ̌rjɛ] ) is derived from 17th century Middle Dutch and Middle Low German. In Old English, the country was named Swēoland (literally "Swede l…
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Claim 5: “Lyndon B. Johnson’s use of profanity was only revealed posthumously through White House recordings.”
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Claim 6: “The Washington Post included 'Fuckin’' in full in its print story about Trump’s post, while The New York Times and Wall Street Journal avoided it in headlines.”
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Claim 7: “George W. Bush was recorded telling Tony Blair in 2006 that Hezbollah should 'stop doing this shit.'”
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Claim 8: “In 2004, Vice President Dick Cheney reportedly told Senator Patrick Leahy to 'fuck himself' on the Senate floor.”
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Claim 9: “The word 'fuck' first appeared in English court records in the 14th century in the name 'Roger Fuckebythenavele.'”
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Wikipedia entries on 'Fuck', John le Fucker, and Paul Booth do not mention 'Roger Fuckebythenavele' or 14th-century court records. No corroboration found.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Fuck () is a profanity in the English language that often refers to the act of sexual intercourse, but is most commonly used as an intensifier or to convey disdain. While its origin is obscure, it is …
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — John le Fucker was an Englishman mentioned in an administrative record of 1278. His distinctive byname has been proposed by some scholars as the first written record of a variant of the English swear …
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Paul Howson William Booth (born 4 April 1946) is a British medieval historian and teacher, specialising in the history of Cheshire in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries, and local history of the …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Booth_(historian)
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Claim 10: “By the late 1800s, 'fuck' had evolved into an intensifier, as in 'fucking hell.'”
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Claim 11: “Vice President Joe Biden referred to the Affordable Care Act as a 'big f**king deal' in 2010.”
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Claim 12: “President Trump wrote on Truth Social: 'Open the Fuckin’ Strait, you crazy bastards, or you’ll be living in Hell – JUST WATCH! Praise be to Allah.'”
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Wikipedia entries about Trump's social media use and Truth Social do not mention the specific post or its content. No corroboration found in provided evidence.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Donald Trump's use of social media attracted attention worldwide since he joined Twitter in May 2009. Over nearly twelve years, Trump tweeted around 57,000 times, including about 8,000 times during th…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Trump Media & Technology Group Corp. (TMTG) is an American media and technology company headquartered in Sarasota, Florida. It runs the Truth Social social-media platform and is majority-owned by the …
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Truth Social is an American alt-tech social media platform owned by Trump Media & Technology Group (TMTG), an American company majority-owned by US president Donald Trump. It has been called a "Twitte…
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Claim 13: “Olympic figure skater Alysa Liu said after winning gold: 'That’s what I’m fuckin’ talkin’ about!'”
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