President Donald Trump has bestowed a royal nickname on himself: The Tariff King.
“I’m the tariff king and the tariff king has done a great job,” Trump pronounced Friday at a White House occasion on rural well being care.
He used the monarchal moniker whereas speaking about utilizing the specter of tariffs on different nations in an effort to carry pharmaceutical prices down within the United States.
The comment additionally got here minutes after the president declared that he “may” use tariffs to punish nations opposing his makes an attempt to take management of Greenland.
“I may put a tariff on countries if they don’t go along with Greenland, because we need Greenland for national security,” he mentioned.
He then appropriately predicted, “In fact, that will end up being the story.”
Later that night time, at about 10:30 p.m., Trump posted a black and white picture of himself on Truth Social beneath the phrases “Mister Tariff.” Less than a minute later, he posted the very same picture, this time selling himself to “The Tariff King.”
Saturday morning, Trump took his tariff threats a step additional, declaring that he could be hitting eight European nations with tariffs on items despatched to the U.S. till “a Deal is reached for the Complete and Total purchase of Greenland.”
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