Trump's Easter F-Bomb Sparks Silence
that's Earsplitting in Texas Allies Ranks

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Capitol Inside
April 5, 2026

Top Texas Republicans held their tongues in shock and disbelief on Sunday after President Donald Trump dropped the F bomb in an early morning Easter tweet that described Iranians in vulgar language, mocked the deity they worship and threatened to destroy their country in the name of Allah.

“Tuesday will be Power Plant Day, and Bridge Day, all wrapped up in one, in Iran," Trump warned in a Truth Social post. "There will be nothing like it!!! Open the Fuckin' Strait, you crazy bastards, or you’ll be living in Hell – JUST WATCH! Praise be to Allah. President DONALD J. TRUMP.”

Trump had demonstrated a sudden obsession with religion during the past week as he painted the war in Iran as a holy mission that he compared to the divine liberation of Israelis from slavery in the book of Exodus in the Bible's Old Testament. The president doubled-down on the use of Christianity to justify his actions in Iran after Pope Leo XIV contended that God wasn't listeninng to prayers from people who use faith as an excuse for waging wars.

Trump's most prominent allies in the Lone Star State have remained mum so far on the American president's use of profanity in the first message on Truth Social on the holiday that commemorates the resurrection of Jesus after he'd been hung on a cross to die two days earlier.

The Texan with the most authority on the subject on paper - Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick - faces the question of whether to criticize the president's obscene rhetoric on the ultimate religious holiday or to turn his cheek and say nothing about it. Patrick's opinion should be critical to rank and file Republicans in light of his position as the chairman of the Presidential Religious Liberty Commission.

Trump tapped Patrick for the post on the special panel that the president created almost a year ago to fight persecution and discrimination on religious grounds. The Texas Senate president has never had a reputation for cussing in public or in statements that he issues on social media or to the press. That might not sit well with fellow Christians for someone who's a recurring guest pastor at the megachurch Second Baptist in Houston.

But Patrick stood up to Trump - at least once - having disputed Attorney General Ken Paxton's claim that the rioters at the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021 were actors deployed by Antifa to stage the uprising and frame it on MAGA fanatics. But Patrick has had a full plate of late with an uprising in the religious commission ranks.

Trump removed one member from the commission - former Miss California Carrie Prejean Boller - after Patrick complained about her trying to hijack a hearing on antisemitism after she asked a Jewish member of the panel if he condemned Israeli attacks in the Gaza. Sameerah Munshi, an adviser to Patrick's commission, resigned in protest of the war in Iran and Boller's ouster for bringing it up.

Governor Greg Abbott, who has arguably been Trump's most adoring supporter in Texas in recent years, also must decide whether to endorse the presidential profanity on Easter Sunday, to denounce it or to stay clear of the furor that it will exacerbate. Abbott had backed Trump's attacks on Iran before clamming up in the past week as the president's preoccupation with religion in the context of war intensified on a daily basis.

Neither Abbott or Patrick or the other Republicans on the ballot in Texas and beyond this fall have weighed in on Trump's free-falling approval ratings that appeared to be a rock bottom when they dipped into the 30s last week for the first time in two terms in the White House. The Republicans know their hold on Texas could be on the verge of ending after nearly three decades if Trump's historical unpopularity is a sign of what to expect in November here.

But Trump clearly isn't concerned about the Texas Republicans' fate based on his recent actions that have sparked and fueled calls for the use of the 25th Amendment to have him declared unfit to serve any longer as the nation's commander in chief. Trump's firing of Pam Bondi as attorney general and reported plans to chase off more Cabinet members in the coming weeks hasn't helped his cause.

Trump set the stage for the Easter F-bomb post with a warning that he issued to Iran on Saturday on his Truth Social page. "Remember when I gave Iran ten days to MAKE A DEAL or OPEN UP THE HORMUZ STRAIT. Time is running out - 48 hours before all Hell will reign down on them. Glory be to GOD! President DONALD J. TRUMP"

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