President Trump’s Double-Dirty Message to Iran
Like General Patton, President Trump also understands how to express himself in a way that serves the dual purpose of communicating with America’s enemies and, at the same time, with the American people.
Paul Dowling | April 9, 2026
General George S. Patton knew how to get a point across: “When I want my men to remember something important, to really make it stick, I give it to them double dirty. It may not sound nice to some bunch of little old ladies at an afternoon tea party, but it helps my soldiers to remember.”
On April 5, 2026, President Trump directed a profane Truth Social comment at the Islamofascist regime in Iran: “Tuesday will be Power Plant Day, and Bridge Day, all wrapped up in one, in Iran. There will be nothing like it!!! Open the F*ckin’ Strait, you crazy bastards, or you’ll be living in Hell -- JUST WATCH! Praise be to Allah. President DONALD J. TRUMP.” Needless to say, Trump’s profanity-laced messaging has drawn more than its fair share of criticism.
However, one must realize that Trump was addressing more than one audience -- perhaps the most important one being the military leadership of Iran’s oppressive Islamic regime, which even gets trolled at the end of the message with Trump’s ironic use of the phrase, “Praise be to Allah.” Trump must have envisioned his message being translated into the equivalent register of speech used daily by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. Indeed, Trump has proven to be exemplary in his role as commander-in-chief, so surely, in the interest of clarity, he was merely expressing his inner Patton.
On the communication style of the famous General George S. Patton, when it came to delivering important messages to troops, Capt. Ron Roberts has written the following:
Gen. George S. Patton, Jr., liked to give it to them double dirty. When he wanted his men to remember something of importance, he laced it with plenty of profanity. As he put it, “You can’t run an army without profanity; and it has to be eloquent profanity. An army without profanity couldn’t fight its way out of a piss-soaked paper bag.” Probably his best known speech, which he delivered with small variations on numerous occasions, was laced with expletives... Patton was as much an actor as he was a fine general. He purposely cultivated what he called his “war face.” He was aware that his men were watching him constantly, and he strived to lead by his words as much as he did by his actions. Some officers found his use of obscenities in the speech disappointing, viewing it as unprofessional conduct... The question of whether swearing is a powerful rhetorical device or a character blemish might seem trivial. But the art of leadership is not. And Patton was an extraordinarily gifted combat leader... He was acknowledged by his enemy in World War Two, the Germans (who he called the Huns, harkening back to his World War One service days), as America’s best general.
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