President Trump had folks in the Oval Office giggling when he “corrected” Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy on the pronunciation of his predecessor’s name.
Trump has long been slamming former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg for being grossly incompetent. And in Trump’s signature way, he has dubbed the former Transportation Secretary with his own not-so-flattering nickname: “Boot-edge-edge.”
Trump: Boot edge edge…. Grossly incompetent… What they do is take the fiber optics and tried to hook it into copper and fiber and copper don’t mix.. It didn’t work. You saw that by the helicopter crash. You saw that into the plane. pic.twitter.com/cQE6eNzGHl
— Acyn (@Acyn) December 2, 2025
Duffy was given a chance to address policies to bring down the cost of automobiles, and mentioned the Biden administration in comparison. That’s when Trump jokingly jumped in with his pronunciation “correction.”
“Biden and Buttigieg actually did an analysis using …” Duffy said before being cut off by Trump.
“Boot-edge-edge,” The president stressed.
“Edge-edge, that’s right. Boot-edge-edge,” Duffy conceded as the two shared a laugh.
🚨 LMAO! President Trump just corrected Sean Duffy’s pronunciation of Pete Buttigieg’s name
POTUS: “It’s BOOT-EDGE-EDGE!” 🤣
DUFFY: “EDGE-EDGE! I’m sorry.” 😂 pic.twitter.com/wixXJpSe69
— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) December 3, 2025
X users got in on the laugh, too:
Funniest president
— Braeden (@BraedenSorbo) December 3, 2025
You have to say his name 3 times and he appears:
Bootyjuice
Bootyjuice
BOOTYJUICE! pic.twitter.com/YbNNfYoy8p— Scott Gibeault (@ScottGibeault) December 3, 2025
I thought it was booty gig.
— Greg Martin (@ShareMiracle) December 3, 2025
BOOT-EDGE-EDGE?! 🤣
Trump really making sure nobody ever forgets how to say it… absolute mood!— Willow Roha (@WillowRoha) December 3, 2025
Whatever anyone says, he is the funniest president America has ever had … in my lifetime
— Brain Tabs (@Blkchn_Benzos) December 3, 2025
Our Pete is better than their Pete.
And it’s not even close. pic.twitter.com/AGKzm7cT4O
— The Conservative Alternative (@OldeWorldOrder) December 3, 2025
Secretary Duffy: “Biden and Buttigieg -“
President Trump, interrupting: “Boot-edge-edge!”
*Cracks up at himself*
😂 I love him pic.twitter.com/2yWtzq9dtw
— Whale Psychiatrist ™️ (@k_ovfefe2) December 3, 2025
If you’ve ever wondered where Trump came up with the nickname he’s so adamant about, he explains it here:
Trump on Pete Buttigieg: “We had a guy named Buttigieg. Boot-Edge-Edge. They say it’s the best way, just say two edges, like off the edge of a cliff, which is where they were taking us, by the way.”
😂😂😂 pic.twitter.com/rvbY5LC3r0
— TheBlaze (@theblaze) November 10, 2025
Makes sense.
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