A Democracy Drive Thread
A chronological catalog of the schoolyard taunts, cruel nicknames, and crude personal attacks the president has aimed at opponents, allies, reporters, foreign leaders — even the Pope. Only insults that came from his own mouth or his own posts are included.
There was a time the presidency was occupied by people who, whatever their faults, understood the dignity of the office. This thread is a record of what replaced it: a running list of the childish insults — “piggy,” “fat slob,” “Pocahontas,” “Sleepy Joe,” “low IQ” — that the president has hurled, in public and on his social-media feed, at anyone who crosses him. Every entry here is something he said or posted himself; insults from his staff and allies are left out. They are listed in chronological order, and the pattern speaks for itself.
September 1, 2015
His defining taunt of the 2016 primary, repeated until it stuck — casting the early Republican frontrunner as weak and sleepy.
“Low Energy Jeb”
November 24, 2015
On the ground
Trump later denied he was mocking Kovaleski’s disability. Kovaleski had written a 2001 article that Trump cited for his false claim.
February 3, 2016
The nickname he hammered his closest 2016 primary rival with (and later claimed to retire).
“Lyin' Ted”
February 26, 2016
Belittled the Florida senator's stature throughout the 2016 primary.
“Little Marco”
May 25, 2016
His first signature schoolyard nickname, deployed against his 2016 opponent and repeated at least 50 times on the trail.
“Crooked Hillary”
January 30, 2017
His running nickname for the Senate Democratic leader, coined after Schumer teared up over the first-term travel ban.
“Cryin' Chuck”
September 19, 2017
Mocked North Korea's leader as “Little Rocket Man” — including from the podium of the UN General Assembly.
“Little Rocket Man”
March 28, 2019
Branded the congressman who led his first impeachment “Shifty Schiff” (and “Liddle' Adam Schiff”).
“Shifty Schiff”
May 23, 2019
His go-to insult for the House speaker during their repeated standoffs.
“Crazy Nancy”
February 2, 2020
Mocked the former New York mayor's height throughout the 2020 campaign, branding him “Mini Mike.”
“Mini Mike is part of the Fake News.”
November 5, 2022
Unveiled this nickname for the Florida governor on the eve of the 2022 midterms, ahead of their 2024 primary clash.
“Ron DeSanctimonious”
August 8, 2023
Mocked his Republican primary rival's weight and eating habits at a New Hampshire rally.
“Don't call him a fat pig.”
September 4, 2023
The recurring nickname for his 2024 opponent, later revised to “Crooked Joe.”
“Sleepy Joe”
September 29, 2023
In his own words
Paul Pelosi suffered a fractured skull in the October 2022 attack by a man searching for the speaker. Trump repeated the joke in 2024.
“We’ll stand up to crazy Nancy Pelosi, who ruined San Francisco — how’s her husband doing, anybody know?”
November 20, 2023
His nickname for his former UN ambassador as she challenged him for the 2024 nomination.
“Birdbrain”
December 8, 2023
Following a Republican debate, gave Christie a second weight-themed nickname.
“Sloppy Chris Christie”
July 21, 2024
On the day Biden ended his reelection bid, Trump posted that he had never been fit for the job.
“Crooked Joe Biden was not fit to run for president, and is certainly not fit to serve – and never was!”
July 31, 2024
In his own words
Harris, whose father is Jamaican and mother Indian, has identified as Black throughout her life and attended Howard University.
August 7, 2024
Amplified the crude nickname for Harris's running mate after she put Walz on the 2024 ticket.
“Tampon Tim”
September 29, 2024
At a Pennsylvania rally, called his 2024 opponent “mentally impaired” and said she should be prosecuted.
“mentally impaired”
February 22, 2025
After Budde used her inaugural prayer-service sermon to ask him to show mercy to immigrants and LGBTQ people, Trump branded the bishop a “Radical Left hard line Trump hater,” dismissed her sermon as “nasty” and “boring,” and demanded she apologize.
“She was nasty in tone, and not compelling or smart.”
February 26, 2025
Turned the insult on the country itself, declaring it had “gotten bloated, fat, disgusting, and incompetently run.”
“This country has gotten bloated, fat, disgusting, and incompetently run.”
March 5, 2025
Revived the racist “Pocahontas” taunt against Warren during his address to a joint session of Congress.
“Pocahontas”
April 7, 2025
As his tariffs sent the markets crashing, he told worried Americans on Truth Social to stop panicking, coining the label “Panican” for them.
“Don't be Weak! Don't be Stupid!”
April 18, 2025
Attacked the senator as “a fake” for traveling to El Salvador to check on Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a man the government admitted it had wrongly deported.
“He's a fake.”
April 21, 2025
Posted that the Federal Reserve chair was “a major loser” amid his campaign to pressure the central bank into cutting rates.
“a major loser”
April 29, 2025
On the ground
Emhoff said, “Holocaust remembrance and education should never be politicized.” The White House said Trump would appoint “steadfast supporters of the State of Israel.”
May 26, 2025
In his own words
The May 26, 2025 post went after judges ruling against his deportation policies and his political opponents, hours before he honored the fallen at Arlington National Cemetery.
“HAPPY MEMORIAL DAY TO ALL, INCLUDING THE SCUM THAT SPENT THE LAST FOUR YEARS TRYING TO DESTROY OUR COUNTRY THROUGH WARPED RADICAL LEFT MINDS.”
May 30, 2025
Days after Biden's cancer diagnosis was made public, Trump said he felt no sympathy, calling him “not a smart person” and “somewhat vicious.”
“Not a smart person… somewhat vicious.”
June 17, 2025
Said he saw no reason to phone Minnesota's governor to offer condolences after two state lawmakers and their spouses were shot, dismissing him as a “whack job.”
“Why waste time?”
In his own words
Asked aboard Air Force One on June 17, 2025 whether he had called Walz, Trump said: “I don’t really call him. He’s slick … I think the governor of Minnesota is so whacked out. I’m not calling him. Why would I call him?” He called a call a “waste of time.” A Walz spokesperson replied: “Governor Walz wishes that President Trump would be a President for all Americans, but this tragedy isn’t about Trump or Walz.”
“I think the governor of Minnesota is so whacked out. I’m not calling him.”
July 9, 2025
In his own words
Liberia was founded by freed African Americans. Many Liberians called the remark offensive, while the country’s foreign minister said no offense was taken.
July 12, 2025
In his own words
A president has no power to revoke the citizenship of someone born in the United States.
“Because of the fact that Rosie O’Donnell is not in the best interests of our Great Country, I am giving serious consideration to taking away her Citizenship.”
August 26, 2025
Posted that the late-night host was an untalented “dope” and demanded to know why NBC had renewed his contract. In November 2025 Trump posted that Meyers “is suffering from an incurable case of Trump Derangement Syndrome” and that “NBC should fire him, IMMEDIATELY!”; FCC Chairman Brendan Carr reposted it.
“dope”
September 8, 2025
In his own words
“Important move!” Trump posted on Sept. 8, 2025. “We don’t need destructive, WOKE recipients getting our cherished American Awards!!!” In June, the group had praised Hanks for having “done more for the positive portrayal of the American service member, more for the caring of the American veteran” than many others. Hanks has long criticized Trump.
“We don’t need destructive, WOKE recipients getting our cherished American Awards!!!”
September 24, 2025
After Harris called 2024 the closest election of the century, he demanded an apology and called her “dumb as a rock.”
“dumb as a rock”
On the ground
Trump has alleged without evidence that Biden aides used the autopen to act without his knowledge.
October 2, 2025
Posted an image of Schumer, Pelosi and Ocasio-Cortez under the banner “The Party of Hate, Evil, and Satan.”
“The Party of Hate, Evil, and Satan”
October 16, 2025
In his own words
On Oct. 16, 2025, responding to Fox’s interview with New York mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani, Leavitt said: “This interview proved that the Democrat Party’s main constituency are made up of Hamas terrorists, illegal aliens and violent criminals.” House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries condemned the remark, and Rep. Greg Casar said she should resign. It came days before the nationwide “No Kings” protests, which Republicans branded the “Hate America” rally.
“The Democrat Party’s main constituency are made up of Hamas terrorists, illegal aliens and violent criminals.”
October 18, 2025
During the nationwide “No Kings” protests against him, he posted an AI-generated video of himself — in a crown, flying a fighter jet — dumping brown sludge on the crowds below, singling out 23-year-old influencer Harry Sisson. There was no caption to quote; the insult was the video itself.
October 20, 2025
Told Australia's ambassador, to his face during a White House meeting with the Australian PM, that he disliked him.
“I don't like you… and I probably never will.”
October 27, 2025
Claiming he had aced a cognitive exam at Walter Reed, he challenged the two congresswomen to take the same test — “the first couple of questions are easy: a tiger, an elephant, a giraffe” — and flatly called both women “low IQ.”
“They have Jasmine Crockett — a low IQ person. AOC is low IQ.”
November 14, 2025
Told a Bloomberg reporter to be “quiet, piggy” when she pressed him on the Epstein files; his press secretary defended it as the president being “honest.”
“Quiet. Quiet, piggy.”
November 25, 2025
At the White House turkey pardoning, mocked the Illinois governor's weight while attacking his refusal to allow federal forces into Chicago.
“a big, fat slob”
November 30, 2025
Told the CBS News correspondent she would be “incapable” of passing the cognitive test he claimed to have aced, after she questioned him on Air Force One.
“incapable”
December 15, 2025
In his own words
In a Truth Social post on Dec. 15, 2025, Trump called Reiner “a tortured and struggling, but once very talented movie director” who had died “reportedly due to the anger he caused others through his massive, unyielding, and incurable affliction with a mind crippling disease known as TRUMP DERANGEMENT SYNDROME.” Asked if he stood by it, Trump said: “He became like a deranged person … So I was not a fan of Rob Reiner at all in any way, shape or form. I thought he was very bad for our country.” Police had arrested the couple’s son, Nick. Republicans including Marjorie Taylor Greene criticized the post, which Greene called “a family tragedy, not about politics or political enemies.”
“He became like a deranged person - Trump derangement syndrome. So I was not a fan of Rob Reiner at all in any way, shape or form.”
December 19, 2025
Turned on a former ally, branding her a “stone cold liberal” and “Marjorie Traitor Brown” at a North Carolina rally after she broke with him over the Epstein files.
“Marjorie Traitor Brown”
January 28, 2026
In his own words
Anthony Kazmierczak, who had posted in support of Trump and once told an associate that “somebody should kill” Omar, sprayed her with water and apple cider vinegar on Jan. 27, 2026, moments after she called for abolishing ICE and impeaching Kristi Noem. He was charged with assaulting and intimidating a member of Congress. Asked if he had seen the video, Trump said: “I don’t think about her. I think she’s a fraud. She probably had herself sprayed, knowing her.” The day before, he had posted that “the DOJ and Congress are looking at” Omar, without details. Omar answered that “years of ‘investigations’ have found nothing,” and said that every time Trump uses “hateful rhetoric” about her, “my death threats skyrocket.”
“She probably had herself sprayed, knowing her.”
February 8, 2026
Posted that the U.S. freestyle skier was “a real loser” who should not have made the Olympic team, after Hess voiced mixed feelings about representing the country.
“a real loser”
February 21, 2026
In his own words
On Feb. 21, 2026, Trump wrote on Truth Social: “Netflix should fire racist, Trump Deranged Susan Rice, IMMEDIATELY, or pay the consequences. She’s got no talent or skills – Purely a political hack! HER POWER IS GONE, AND WILL NEVER BE BACK.” Rice, Obama’s national security adviser and a Netflix director, had said on a podcast that corporations, media companies, law firms and universities that “take a knee” to Trump should not expect Democrats to “forgive and forget.” Netflix was locked in a takeover fight with Paramount Skydance for Warner Bros. Discovery, a deal federal regulators must approve. Weeks earlier Trump had said the Justice Department would handle the review. Netflix CEO Ted Sarandos brushed off the demand.
“Netflix should fire racist, Trump Deranged Susan Rice, IMMEDIATELY, or pay the consequences.”
February 25, 2026
In his own words
During the Feb. 24, 2026 address, Omar and Tlaib shouted “you’re killing Americans” as Trump touted his immigration crackdown, weeks after federal agents shot and killed two U.S. citizens in Minnesota. On Truth Social the next day, Trump wrote that they “had the bulging, bloodshot eyes of crazy people, LUNATICS, mentally deranged and sick who, frankly, look like they should be institutionalized,” and “We should send them back from where they came — as fast as possible.” He added that they “should actually get on a boat with Trump Deranged Robert De Niro, another sick and demented person with, I believe, an extremely Low IQ, who has absolutely no idea what he is doing or saying — some of which is seriously CRIMINAL!” De Niro had headlined a Democratic “State of the Swamp” counter-event the same night. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries called the remarks “xenophobic” and “disgraceful.”
“We should send them back from where they came — as fast as possible.”
March 11, 2026
Belittled Canada's prime minister as the “future Governor of Canada,” reprising his running taunt that Canada should be the 51st state.
“future Governor of Canada”
March 13, 2026
Attacked the Texas Senate candidate as “so woke” and “grossly incompetent.”
“grossly incompetent”
March 15, 2026
Shushed an ABC News reporter and called her “a very obnoxious person” when she asked about U.S. troop deaths in the Iran war.
“a very obnoxious person”
March 16, 2026
Sarcastically calling California's governor “the president of the United States,” he repeatedly claimed Newsom's dyslexia disqualified him from the office — a barb that drew condemnation from learning-disability advocates.
“I'm all for people with learning disabilities, but not for my president.”
March 21, 2026
In his own words
Mueller, a decorated Vietnam veteran, led the FBI from 2001 to 2013. His investigation produced charges against 34 people, including Trump associates and Russian intelligence officers.
“Good, I’m glad he’s dead. He can no longer hurt innocent people!”
March 27, 2026
At a televised Cabinet meeting, dismissed the Royal Navy's two aircraft carriers as “toys” next to America's, waving off the UK's offer to help in the Iran war.
“toys”
At a Saudi-backed investment forum, bragged in crude terms about his leverage over the Saudi crown prince.
“He didn't think he'd be kissing my a**.”
April 2, 2026
After Springsteen called his administration corrupt, Trump mocked the musician as a “dried up prune” and a “boring singer,” and urged supporters to boycott his tour.
“dried up prune”
April 6, 2026
At the White House Easter Egg Roll, asked egg producers in the crowd whether any had voted for the “low IQ person” Harris.
“low IQ person”
April 15, 2026
After Pope Leo XIV denounced the U.S.-led war on Iran, Trump attacked the pope on Truth Social as “weak” and “terrible,” told him to “get his act together,” and declared he didn't want a pope who criticizes the president.
“Pope Leo is WEAK on Crime, and terrible for Foreign Policy.”
July 13, 2026
In a July 13, 2026 interview with conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt, Trump belittled former Vice President Kamala Harris while recounting their September 2024 presidential debate. He said the debate felt like “two and a half against one” — counting ABC News moderators David Muir and Linsey Davis as the other two — and added, “Kamala is the half.”
“Kamala is the half”