'Stable genius': Critics blast Trump’s profane tirade on White House lawn

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to media ahead of boarding Marine One to depart to attend the NATO Summit in The Hague, Netherlands, from the South Lawn at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., June 24, 2025. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
President Donald Trump blasted his inability to end Middle East violence between Israel and Iran on Tuesday, expressing anger at the nonstop fighting between the two enemy nations.
“Basically, we have two countries that have been fighting so long and so hard that they don’t know what the f——— they’re doing,” Trump told reporters at the White House, before flying off to a NATO Summit.
The president’s fury erupted after he sent U.S. “bunker buster” missiles to destroy alleged nuclear enrichment sites in Iran. Days later he appeared surprised that neither of the warring nations respected his follow-up ceasefire proposal.
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Critics lambasted Trump’s mounting ire and raw language on social media.
“Donald Trump’s F—————— History of the Middle East,” posted Hill White House Columnist Niall Stanage.
Wall Street Journalist John Harwood similarly summed up the display as “Trump, demonstrating that he doesn't know WTF he's doing.”
“The projection is remarkable,” posted Ex-CNN/ABC news reporter Greg Krieg, while Australian journalist Peter Logue tersely described Trump as a “Stable genius.”
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Other commentators, like Adam Bradley Carr surveyed Trump’s fury and pointed out “He's falling apart in real time right before our eyes.”
Around that same time, Trump called out Israel in a Truth Social post, after bombing Iran in what MAGA critics say might have been at the behest of Israeli leaders.
"Israel," Trump posted in an all-caps statement on Truth Social. "Do not drop those bombs. IF you do it is a major violation. Bring your pilots home, now!"
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