iarjelIARJELIARJEL2708-5120https://doi.org/10.47310/iajel.2021.v02i02.025A Socio-Pragmatic Study of Impoliteness in Trump-Clinton's First Presidential DebateZinaAbdul-Hussein KhudhairAshammariDepartment of English, College of Arts, University of Imam Ja'afar Al-Sadiq, IraqBeing polite is considered as an important symbol of human culture. For some, what distinguishes humans from other beings is that they can act in such a ‘civilized’ way through expressing politeness in different forms towards fellow humans. On the other hand, people may attack their addressees' faces intentionally. This gives rise to the phenomenon of impoliteness. Thus, this study adapts a model, developed by Culpeper, for the analysis of Trump-Clinton first presidential debate in an attempt to Identify the contextual factors that are employed in issuing impoliteness in the first presidential debate; find out the impoliteness plans implied by Trump and Clinton; and identify the impoliteness purposes employed by Trump and Clinton.