Althouse: "[Maduro] has offered everything. He's offered everything. You're right. You know why? Because he doesn't want to fuck around with the United States."

October 17, 2025

"[Maduro] has offered everything. He's offered everything. You're right. You know why? Because he doesn't want to fuck around with the United States."

FAFO. pic.twitter.com/Zh9v18ynzy
— The White House (@WhiteHouse) October 17, 2025

92 comments:

The Cracker Emcee Refulgent said...: The president's time is valuable. i appreciate the economy of expression.; 10/17/25, 2:29 PM
n.n said...: Fluke. Pronounced fuck, but without the traditional judgment.; 10/17/25, 2:30 PM
The Cracker Emcee Refulgent said...: I, personally, am saving on capitalizations.; 10/17/25, 2:30 PM
Humperdink said...: Language is atrocious. Embarrassing.; 10/17/25, 2:32 PM
n.n said...: ..-. ..- -.-. -.-; 10/17/25, 2:33 PM
rehajm said...: Are we to conclude the free speech speech police are displeased? I’d say that’s a good bet. Let’s disband the executive branch…; 10/17/25, 2:34 PM
BUMBLE BEE said...: Billy The Mountain!
A Mountain is something you don't f*ck around with.; 10/17/25, 2:39 PM
Aggie said...: First they didn't want him to be President, and now we'll be treated to moans that he isn't presidential.

He should do better, though I suspect his choice of words is meant for Maduro, not out of a natural saltiness.; 10/17/25, 2:41 PM
Ampersand said...: Trump is a package deal.; 10/17/25, 2:45 PM
rehajm said...: Nobody is allowed to be shocked or surprised by this and remain credible…and no free advice for him either. We see what you’re trying to do…; 10/17/25, 2:46 PM
Michael Fitzgerald said...: JFC, GOPers are fresh off canceling a Young Republicans organization for some words between friends in a group chat, and now they're scolding President Trump for saying fuck.... and the same people will call the French "surrender monkeys".
Sit the fuck down and shut the fuck up.; 10/17/25, 2:47 PM
RideSpaceMountain said...: This comment has been removed by the author.; 10/17/25, 2:52 PM
RideSpaceMountain said...: "Around you fuck, Find out you shall" - Restam Adoy; 10/17/25, 2:52 PM
TeaBagHag said...: Are you in a cult test:
If Obama or Biden said this, would you clutch your pearls so hard they would leave scars on your neck?; 10/17/25, 2:53 PM
Jim at said...: If Obama or Biden said this, would you clutch your pearls so hard they would leave scars on your neck?

You mean like a big, fucking deal?

Maybe you should try thinking before you post.; 10/17/25, 2:56 PM
FullMoon said...: Disappointed. How can we bitch about the low class dem politicians when Trumps says fuck?
Now he joins newsome and Swalwell aoc and Pelosi.; 10/17/25, 2:57 PM
TeaBagHag said...: Do you remember Fox News types crying in their soup about Obama’s tan suit?
Pepperidge Farm remembers.; 10/17/25, 2:58 PM
Beasts of England said...: The vulgarities by the Young Republicans and this obscenity from Trump have validated my decision to vote for Kamala in ‘24.; 10/17/25, 2:59 PM
Clyde said...: Maduro doesn't want to Find Out.; 10/17/25, 2:59 PM
n.n said...: It would have been more politically correct to say it under his breath, replace it with a euphemism (check the Urban Dictionary for useful phrases) , or a cultural appropriation. Just say Maduro is a "burden", the meaning and Planned prescription will be made plain.; 10/17/25, 3:03 PM
Wince said...: With that empty place setting, it looks like Trump just ate Maduro for lunch.; 10/17/25, 3:11 PM
TeaBagHag said...: Watch it Maduro, or we vaporize another 6 people on a fishing boat!; 10/17/25, 3:13 PM
Inga said...: Not surprised at all. He’s dropped the F bomb before when speaking publicly. I’m sure he’ll drop it again.; 10/17/25, 3:14 PM
n.n said...: Through the front hole, the back... black hole... whore h/t NAACP, the top hole, or some other sexually oriented orifice?; 10/17/25, 3:15 PM
tcrosse said...: Spare a thought for all the thousands of people who have been killed by the poison the cartels send our way. And try not to be upset by a bit of rough language sent their way.; 10/17/25, 3:21 PM
Mr. D said...: No kings, but language police aplenty. Saying "fuck" does obviate any civility bullshit tag decisions, I reckon.; 10/17/25, 3:22 PM
n.n said...: With Venezuelan export of George "Fentanyl" Floyd syndrome, with precursors shipped from China, this becomes a racist issue under black lives matter, and for other Americans consumed by progressive viability. Social justice through Opiates revisited or just an inspiration.; 10/17/25, 3:22 PM
Sella Turcica said...: Fornicate hither and yon, and thou wilt find thine just recompense.; 10/17/25, 3:25 PM
TreeJoe said...: First off, many Presidents are well detailed to use this type of language commonly among their staff or even at state events. Not as many publicly, true, but still. Lets not pretend this is abnormal, including from Biden.

Second, one of the things I enjoy about Trump is how past Presidents either didn't wield American power to Americas benefit, did so inconsistently, or did so while pretending they weren't. Trump does none of that - he openly declares it, proudly demonstrates it, boasts it when wielded, and then congratulates allies publicly for growing closer to the U.S.

Never in my lifetime has a President more openly operated that the U.S. is not a nation among equals - and that it will wield its power for its benefit or its opponents dismay.; 10/17/25, 3:29 PM
lonejustice said...: Can we all now say in unison, that Trump supports regime change, just like the RINOs and NeoCons?; 10/17/25, 3:32 PM
n.n said...: Fornicate hither and yon, and thou wilt find thine just recompense.

A poetic parlay worthy of the bard.; 10/17/25, 3:34 PM
Mr. T. said...: "If Obama or Biden said this, would you clutch your pearls so hard they would leave scars on your neck?"

Well, considering Biden couldn't even string together a complete sentence...; 10/17/25, 3:35 PM
Jamie said...: What was Obama's famous advice about Biden?; 10/17/25, 3:39 PM
Achilles said...: TeaBagHag said...

Do you remember Fox News types crying in their soup about Obama’s tan suit?
Pepperidge Farm remembers.

I was in the Army when Obama came to power.

His ROEs were designed to get us killed. It didn't matter what he said, his actions made him a piece of shit and he clearly hated the armed forces.; 10/17/25, 3:40 PM
Achilles said...: lonejustice said...

Can we all now say in unison, that Trump supports regime change, just like the RINOs and NeoCons?

Why? To justify how stupid you are?; 10/17/25, 3:42 PM
Achilles said...: Inga said...

Not surprised at all. He’s dropped the F bomb before when speaking publicly. I’m sure he’ll drop it again.

Inga is just mad that they have failed to kill Trump.; 10/17/25, 3:42 PM
Jamie said...: [shrug] I'm pretty much over it. I hated it when even "ass" starting showing up in sitcoms and so forth; I really hated it when people in public life started dropping f-bombs outside movie scripts and stand-up shows; but by the time the Democrats decided that since they can't actually perform authenticity, they were going to fake it with profanity, I found myself more or less unmoved.

And having worked around and socialized with oilfield people for most of my adult life, I find it unsurprising that someone who has worked around and socialized with construction people his whole adult life would be... candid.; 10/17/25, 3:44 PM
Big Mike said...: @Achilles, Inga is mad - period.; 10/17/25, 3:45 PM
Big Mike said...: @Meade, if the woman you love keeps clutching her pearls that hard you’re going to need to buy her a whole new necklace.; 10/17/25, 3:50 PM
Enlighten-NewJersey said...: I remember the usual left-wing lunatics pretending the tan suit was a scandal on Fox, but I have no memory of it being a major complaint by any Republican politician or conservative groups.

If language is the issue, I remember much was made over Obama's minister saying "God Damn America" from the pulpit.; 10/17/25, 3:53 PM
n.n said...: Civility without the bullshit. No N-words rapped around the fire, too. Damn bitter clingers.

To abort or not to abort... what is Planned?; 10/17/25, 3:55 PM
Mason G said...: Trump said something that upset people? As the internet meme says, "Behold the field in which I grow my fucks. Lay thine eyes upon it and thou shalt see it is barren."

Our barren field of fucks; 10/17/25, 3:57 PM
Aggie said...: Oh for cripes sake. What has the signature theme been, all over social media for the past 8 months, to the extent that it's now even mentioned in the network news? FAFO. It's a precision message for Maduro.; 10/17/25, 4:04 PM
Limited blogger said...: If a 4 letter word gets Maduro's attention when something less profane wouldn't, I'm fine with it.; 10/17/25, 4:05 PM
Jim at said...: Know what? Instead of saying it, he should've used his middle finger to scratch a phantom itch on his cheek every time he mentioned Maduro's name.

That's what all the cool Presidents do.; 10/17/25, 4:07 PM
Eva Marie said...: That fuck just might save lives. Madura needs to be convinced. If fuck is what it takes, I’m fine with it.; 10/17/25, 4:08 PM
Eva Marie said...: Maduro, dammit.; 10/17/25, 4:08 PM
Inga said...: “@Meade, if the woman you love keeps clutching her pearls that hard you’re going to need to buy her a whole new necklace.”

I’m pretty sure Althouse has more money than Meade in which to buy a string of pearls for herself, if she needed to. Big Mike thinks Althouse is clutching pearls, maybe she doesn’t really give a fuck and is just rattling your cage.; 10/17/25, 4:13 PM
Inga said...: LOL, Maduro sure is shaking in his boots now that Trump said “fuck”.; 10/17/25, 4:22 PM
FullMoon said...: Nice memes at the X link; 10/17/25, 4:27 PM
Eva Marie said...: Hey, Inga. What are your relatives in Israel - the ones you were so worried about, what are they saying about Trump? Are they happy he saved the hostages’ lives?; 10/17/25, 4:28 PM
Maynard said...: Two thoughts came to mind when I saw the headline:

1. Good for Trump. Speak plainly so there is no confusion.

2. Igna is going to be fucking mad because ... Well, it really doesn't matter.; 10/17/25, 4:29 PM
Wa St Blogger said...: If a 4 letter word gets Maduro's attention when something less profane wouldn't, I'm fine with it.

I speak with vulgarities lest you become acquainted with my overly large tree product.; 10/17/25, 4:30 PM
Eva Marie said...: Were your Israeli relatives dancing in the street shouting Trump, Trump, Trump?; 10/17/25, 4:31 PM
n.n said...: Liberal license is no semantic vice? Maduro should fear the return of Obama; Biden, Clinton et al ethnic Springs. Is Capitol punishment a viable Choice?; 10/17/25, 4:34 PM
Eva Marie said...: Is it so hard to say: yeah sure he brought peace to the Middle East and the whole Arab and Israeli world thanks him, but what else has he done?; 10/17/25, 4:41 PM
Eva Marie said...: Those memes are great. Thanks.; 10/17/25, 4:46 PM
n.n said...: Remember Congo and Rwanda, India and Pakistan, America and LA, Portland, Chicago, DC, too. Let's hope Hamas stops fucking Gazans, Kiev and Moscow, too in ethnic Springs. China as well... let my Muslims go. Free Tibet! Stop immigration reform.; 10/17/25, 4:54 PM
FullMoon said...: "@Meade, if the woman you love keeps clutching her pearls that hard you’re going to need to buy her a whole new necklace."
? Althouse hasn't complained; 10/17/25, 4:55 PM
FullMoon said...: "Eva Marie said...
Hey, Inga. What are your relatives in Israel - the ones you were so worried about, what are they saying about Trump? Are they happy he saved the hostages’ lives?"

Thar question seems to Inga as garlic to a vampire. Poof! She's gone..; 10/17/25, 4:58 PM
n.n said...: "Althouse hasn't complained"

Well, about dirty words. Otherwise, no minority report is published before affirmative action is the best advice. We are all witness to civility bullshit in politics, the press, academia, etc. No one is fooled. And it wasn't the B-word, not even the N-word. Say its name F-entanyl.; 10/17/25, 5:02 PM
Eva Marie said...: @FullMoon: lol; 10/17/25, 5:09 PM
hawkeyedjb said...: Based on current precedent, if Trump had threatened to kill Maduro's children, Democrats would be obligated to express their support for... Trump.; 10/17/25, 5:24 PM
Original Mike said...: Inga said..."LOL, Maduro sure is shaking in his boots now that Trump said “fuck”."

I bet he's shaking in his boots since Trump bombed Iran's nuclear facilities.; 10/17/25, 5:24 PM
Rusty said...: Achilles @ 3:42
Took the words....................; 10/17/25, 5:25 PM
wildswan said...: To me, fentanyl is killing 40 to 75 thousand Americans a year. Some of it comes from Venezuela with Maduro's assistance. When the Dead Parrot Party (dead name = Dems) was in power it did nothing. And now it objects to swearing. A better idea would be to explain its own policy.

And I don't see where Althouse expressed an opinion about the language.; 10/17/25, 5:26 PM
Original Mike said...: hawkeyedjb said..."Based on current precedent, if Trump had threatened to kill Maduro's children, Democrats would be obligated to express their support for... Trump."

No kidding.; 10/17/25, 5:27 PM
Koot Katmandu said...: Tump looks and sounds tired. He gave a short direct answer maybe cause he needs a break.; 10/17/25, 5:31 PM
gspencer said...: What he means is that Maduro doesn't want to fuck around with a real leader, a person who means to protect America. With Biden, Bush1, Bush2, Clinton, Obama, Maduro would fuck around.; 10/17/25, 5:37 PM
narciso said...: Of course maduro is not in charge its cabello spymaster kingpin of the sun cartel parliamentarian of the puppet legislature; 10/17/25, 5:40 PM
n.n said...: fuck(v.)

"to have sexual intercourse with" (transitive), until recently a difficult word to trace in usage, in part because it was omitted as taboo by the editors of the original OED when the "F" entries were compiled (1893-97). Johnson also had excluded the word, and fuck wasn't in a single English language dictionary from 1795 to 1965. "The Penguin Dictionary" broke the taboo in the latter year. Houghton Mifflin followed, in 1969, with "The American Heritage Dictionary," but it also published a "Clean Green" edition without the word, to assure itself access to the public high school market.
- etymonline.com/word/fuck

If you do not obey this decree, may a donkey copulate with you!" [Reinhold Aman, "Maledicta," Summer 1977].

Democratic demagoguery. Roots.; 10/17/25, 5:41 PM
Howard said...: Col. Kurtz remarks, "We train young men to drop fire on people but will not allow them to write 'fuck' on their airplanes, because it's 'obscene.'"; 10/17/25, 5:42 PM
narciso said...: Jodete nicolas; 10/17/25, 5:54 PM
n.n said...: It's a fetus... feature of the urbane ethos in liberal culture. Trump has Democratic roots. He can do better.; 10/17/25, 5:57 PM
narciso said...: Mess would be more tactful but they havent been

Oddly many ofthe same people who want us to go mano a mano with russia still hold the cloak for this criminal clique who has murdered hundreds of student protesters along with the deaths from fentanyl heroin and cocaine; 10/17/25, 6:00 PM
narciso said...: By the ways maduros drug trafficking nephews were traded by the autopen in 23; 10/17/25, 6:02 PM
narciso said...: US Frees President Maduro’s “Narco Nephews” in Prisoner Swap | OCCRP https://share.google/t2MbMA1c371Q3M9wJ; 10/17/25, 6:06 PM
~ Gordon Pasha said...: Next time I suggest "swive".; 10/17/25, 6:17 PM
bagoh20 said...: I'm so offended I might never use the internet again.; 10/17/25, 6:27 PM
n.n said...: This comment has been removed by the author.; 10/17/25, 6:36 PM
narciso said...: Yeah there is that; 10/17/25, 6:36 PM
n.n said...: The last guy who spoke politely was aborted in cold blood. Others have been accused of being Diversitists, phobic, Green, pro-life, liberty, toxic, cis-something, etc.; 10/17/25, 6:39 PM
n.n said...: Thank you for your support.

He's a witch and his little dog, too.

Democratic demagoguery is an ass.; 10/17/25, 6:49 PM
FullMoon said...: "wildswan said...

To me, fentanyl is killing 40 to 75 thousand Americans a year."

I know of five peripherals. 1 woman related by marriage. All in early thirties. 2 were down and out daily loser junkies who od ed together. The other three were casual weekend users who died separately. The weekenders were parents, each working decent jobs.; 10/17/25, 7:06 PM
Kakistocracy said...: Putin on the other hand can seemingly ‘eff around endlessly with the White House with impunity.; 10/17/25, 8:27 PM
Marcus Bressler said...: Another IDGAF situation for me. As far as I am concerned, Trump could shoot an Antifa soi boy or nosering bitch on 5th Avenue and I would go without food so as to donate to his presidential library.; 10/17/25, 9:20 PM
Temujin said...: In this day and age, who exactly are we worried that he's going to offend.
Your kids listen to far worse in their favorite songs.
There isn't a politician alive who didn't for a minute think, "I wish I had the balls to say that at an opportune time."
And there isn't a reporter around who hasn't said out loud to no one in particular, "I hate that fucker", when referring to Trump.

We literally have people parading around en masse in favor of a terrorist group that raped women and beheaded children. That you're not offended by, but this you are?

It is not particularly Presidential. Not because he said it, but because of the settings. As Ampersand said correctly at 2:45: "Trump is a package deal".

When you order it up for the goods you wanted, you get the sides you weren't thinking about as well.; 10/17/25, 10:52 PM
Moondawggie said...: TBH said: "Watch it Maduro, or we vaporize another 6 people on a fishing boat!"
Yikes, I better watch out, because whenever I go fishing, I always take along a couple hundred kilos of fentanyl in my boat, too.; 10/17/25, 11:14 PM
Kevin said...: Speak using the occasional “fuck” and carry a big stick; you will go far.; 10/18/25, 6:15 AM
Kevin said...: The Democrats want to put the President’s language back in chains!; 10/18/25, 6:17 AM
Saint Croix said...: Fuck is a bad word because of all the infanticides and sexual assaults that happen when you have sexual relations and no love. That's why the word still has power, even today, in the 21st century.

God invented orgasms. It's not human sexuality that is bad. It's the infanticides and the rapes that go along with human sexuality. Have love in your heart, when you mate, and be ready to love your child. And let us quit spreading the lie that pregnancy is a woman's issue that does not concern men. Or that pregnancy does not involve a child.

Roe v. Wade is the original FAFO.; 10/18/25, 9:04 AM
Big Mike said...: Althouse hasn't complained

@FullMoon, does she need to? In three days she’s this post, she’s had a post inventing a pissing match between Gavin Newsom and JD Vance out of thin air, and she’s had two posts where she’s feigned being upset by attempts at humor cherry-picked by a lefty extremist news source. That’s because in her four plus decades living in Madison and nearly as long making a living as a non-STEM professor at the University of Wisconsin, and despite having raised two sons to adulthood she wants us to believe she has no idea about what young men think is funny. Or she thinks men should be self-censoring to conform to what she thinks is appropriate and funny. Which we — and especially not Donald Trump — are not going to do.; 10/18/25, 9:53 AM

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