Trump Gives Himself A New Royal Nickname, Then Doubles Down In Late-Night Post
President Donald Trump has given himself the royal nickname: Tariff King.
“I’m the tariff king, and the tariff king has done a great job,” Trump said Friday at a White House event on rural health care.
He used the monarchical moniker when talking about using the threat of tariffs on other countries to lower drug costs in the United States.
This statement also came just minutes after the president said he could “use” tariffs to punish countries He opposes attempts to take control of Greenland.
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“I can impose tariffs on countries that do not comply with Greenland because we need Greenland for national security,” he said.
He then correctly predicted: “That’s actually going to be the story.”
Later that night, around 10:30 p.m. Trump shared A black and white photo of himself on Truth Social under the caption “Mister Tariff.” Less than a minute later, she posted the same photo. this time promotion He declared himself the “Tariff King”.
On Saturday morning, Trump took his tariff threats one step further: declare it It will hit eight European countries that will impose tariffs on goods sent to the US “until an Agreement for the Total and Complete Acquisition of Greenland is reached.”
