The Trump administration takes pleasure in deploying dysphemism to describe the killing of Iranians<\/p>\n
On 23 March, Donald Trump said that if things didn\u2019t go to his liking in Iran, \u201cwe just keep bombing our little hearts out\u201d. A week later the US president told journalists on Air Force One: \u201cYou never know with Iran because we negotiate with them and then we always have to blow them up.\u201d<\/p>\n
On 4 March, Pete Hegseth squirmed in pleasure as he described \u201cdeath and destruction from the sky all day long\u201d. Whatever happened to the subtle art of political euphemism?<\/p>\n
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