Trump Fumes At Reporter For Asking About Wall Street's Notion That He Always "Chickens Out" On Tariffs"

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Donald Trump once again got testy with a reporter over a question, this time over a phrase being used on Wall Street over the president’s tendency to not follow through on tariff threats: the TACO trade, as in “Trump Always Chickens Out.”

The reporter, Megan Casella of CNBC, noted that analysts have used the term, and it explains why markets have been higher this week. “What’s your response to that?” she asked Trump

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“I’ve never heard that,” Trump said, before arguing that his tariff policy has brought China and the European Union to the negotiating table.

He then told Casella, “You ask a nasty question like that. It’s called negotiation. You set a number… if I set a number at a ridiculous high, I go down a little bit, they want me to hold that number. 145% tariff.” Trump said that “we were doing no business because of the tariff, because it was so high. I knew that. But don’t ever say what you said. That’s a nasty question.”

https://www.yahoo.com/news/don-t-ever-said-donald-173100585.html

Don't soil your Depends Donny

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1. Fume Away, Asshole. As in

Fuck Off.

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2. "Don't ever say that". Trump talks to grown folks

like he’s their goddam daddy.

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3. trump is pissed at this reporter

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4. A. Feigning ignorance is not Trump's game. B. Wow no one's ever heard of that cunning negotiation tactic

He’s heard of it as well as “Sell America” and, in this case, he’s right that it’s all about him.

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5. Trump Unloads on Reporter Who Asked if He 'Chickens Out' on Tariffs

I watched The Last Word last night and love when Lawerence set this up. I was so pleased when this reporter asked this question and I love trump's reaction to this question.

Trump Unloads on Reporter Who Asked if He 'Chickens Out' on Tariffs https://twp.ai/4imurl

— #TuckFrump (@realtuckfrumper.bsky.social) 2025-05-28T20:14:58.000Z

https://www.newsweek.com/trump-reporter-taco-trade-wall-street-tariffs-2078191

President Donald Trump unleashed on a reporter Wednesday who asked him about a recently popularized Wall Street term known as "TACO trade" and whether the president "chickens out" on his repeated tariff threats......

On Wednesday, CNBC's Megan Casella alluded to Trump's repeated tariff threats while asking him about the "TACO trade" theory, a term that has been circulating on Wall Street, which translates to "Trump Always Chickens Out."

It was first devised by the Financial Times columnist Robert Armstrong earlier this month.

"Mr. President, Wall Street analysts have coined a new term called the TACO trade," Casella asked Trump on Wednesday, during the swearing-in ceremony for Fox News host Jeannine Pirro as the interim U.S. attorney in Washington, D.C.

"They're saying Trump always chickens out on your tariff threats and that's why markets are higher this week. What's your response to that?" Casella asked.

The president fired back at Casella, accusing her of asking a "nasty" question and demanding she never ask it again.....

"But don't ever say what you said," Trump told Casella. "That's a nasty question. To me, that's the nastiest question."

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6. No Kings - - - No Chickens - - - No Chicken ala King !

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7. This lady is a hero and made me smile

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8. Bawk bawk bawk.....