'Read my lips,' said George Bush Sr. Reading presidential lips is risky these days. A coprolalic president uses obscene words uncontrollably. Nice people would cringe if they read the presidential lips these days, especially with kids around. This Easter, the president cursed religious men. News anchors were shocked. Samuel Huntington called the west's war a 'clash of civilisations.' This is a war of a pyromaniacal pindari. He swears like a sailor. In a single speech, he used many curses. His predecessors were rarely crude in public. L.B. Johnson was an exception. Dick Nixon was profane. Compared to Trump's words, these sound pure. Trump's abuses are different. Profanity is spreading to political discourse in India too. Hate speeches are common. Last week, Telangana CM Revanth Reddy told his Kerala counterpart to get lost. Triumph of Trumpism? Our own barbarism.