# Did Trump call Countess of Dumbarton "nasty"?  \[ed. originally Dumbarton confused w/Sussex\]

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**Created:** [June 2, 2019, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-trump-call-countess-of-dumbarton-nasty-ed-originally-dumbarton-confused-w-sussex/834915 "2019-06-02T16:00:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![PatrickLondon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/patricklondon/32/4422_2.png) [@PatrickLondon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatrickLondon)\
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Seems to me he uses “nasty” as a child would, i.e., almost anything short of outright praise (and cuddles).

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**Author:** ![SciFiSam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/47e85d/32.png) [@SciFiSam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SciFiSam)\
**Post date:** [June 20, 2019, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-trump-call-countess-of-dumbarton-nasty-ed-originally-dumbarton-confused-w-sussex/834915/42 "2019-06-20T21:06:55Z")

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> [@Monocracy](#):
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> When I read the OP, I thought, “yep, it’s clear called her nasty.” But after reading this thread, I changed my mind. I believe his meaning was: “I didn’t know she said nasty things about me.”
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> After watching the YouTube video in the OP, I’m absolutely positive that’s the correct interpretation.
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> The interviewer asks, paraphrased, “Did you see that she was not so nice to you during your campaign?” and his response is, “I didn’t know she was nasty [to me during my campaign].”
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> It’s pretty clear in context.

Agreed. It doesn’t have the import people are claiming the word “nasty” infers.

But it’s still reported speech.

It’s also still not the kind of thing a President would usually say about a high profile royal, when about to visit them. They’d just say I didn’t know that, or something better than that, like “we all have our disagreements.” He went for a personal attack. It’s a minor example of what he usually does but imagine if Obama or GWB had ever said something similar.

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