1/3: Excellent piece by @peterbakernyt on the #Trump remarks today. Of note: while the phrase "bullshit" has been used before by @realDonaldTrump -- and likely most everyone -- this is the first time it was used in an event in The White House itself... nyti.ms/39q498L
2/3: ...not just by #Trump. In checking our database of Presidential speeches and public statements from 1929 forward, no President has used "bullshit" in a formal, public event in the White House, or at all at a public event. Ever. factba.se/search#bullshit ...
3/3: ... to be clear, it's clear the word has been used. Of course. But the differentiators are: 1. This was a scheduled, formal Presidential event; 2. It was in the East Room of The White House; 3. It was an event for the public. 4. It was deliberate, not a hot mic accident.
