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Trump slams reporter who calls him 'nasty' nickname to his face in brutal interaction

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Published 10:56 29 May 2025 GMT+1

Trump slams reporter who calls him 'nasty' nickname to his face in brutal interaction

Trump can dish it out, but seemingly can't handle any 'nast[iness] back' after a reporter revealed a Wall Street nickname for him.

Poppy Bilderbeck

Poppy Bilderbeck

Featured Image Credit: CBC News: The National/YouTube

Topics: Donald Trump, News, Politics, US News, Tariffs

Poppy Bilderbeck
Poppy Bilderbeck

Poppy Bilderbeck is a Senior Journalist at LADbible Group. She graduated from The University of Manchester in 2021 with a First in English Literature and Drama, where alongside her studies she was Editor-in-Chief of The Tab Manchester. Poppy is most comfortable when chatting about all things mental health, is proving a drama degree is far from useless by watching and reviewing as many TV shows and films as possible and is such a crisp fanatic the office has been forced to release them in batches.

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Trump warned a reporter not to 'ever say what' she 'said' again after being asked a question about the impact of his 'tariff threats' on the stock market.

Since being sworn in for his second term, Trump certainly hasn't faffed about, signing off on multiple executive orders alongside unveiling a slew of tariffs against countries across the globe.

The tariffs aren't only set to impact other countries either, but businesses such as Walmart and Apple.

While initially sending the market plummeting, this week reportedly marked a boost - those on Wall Street reportedly coming up with a nickname for the repercussions of Trump's so-called 'Liberation Day'.

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And, well, the president wasn't exactly best pleased when the nickname was aired by a reporter who asked Trump a dicey question during a live press conference at the White House on May 28.

Trump wasn't a fan of the nickname (Win McNamee/Getty Images)
Trump wasn't a fan of the nickname (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Trump's 'TACO trade'

A reporter posed the question to the POTUS: "They're saying 'Trump Always Chickens Out' on the tariff threats and that's why markets are higher this week. What's your response to that?"

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The full nickname mocking Trump's tariffs - or in more polite terms, inspired by the president ? 'TACO trade'.

And unsurprisingly, this didn't go down too well with Trump.

Initially, PEOPLE reports the president was a bit confused. For context, the nickname mocks Trump's extension of various tariffs - for example, pushing back the deadline for negotiations on the 50 percent tariff on EU goods from June 1 to July 9 which, in turn, helped the stock market rise again.

Once the penny had dropped, Trump responded: "Six months ago, this country was stone-cold dead. We had a country, people didn't think it was gonna survive. And you ask a nasty question like that?"

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He warned: "Don't ever say what you said. That's a nasty question."

And it's not the only time Trump hasn't been able to hack a reporter's probing.

Trump really got his claws out (SAUL LOEB / AFP) (Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)
Trump really got his claws out (SAUL LOEB / AFP) (Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump's five-word response to a reporter

It follows Trump having a similarly frosty run-in with a journalist on May 20 while speaking to media on Capitol Hill.

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A journalist from NOTUS asked: "Andy Harris said that you didn’t adequately convince enough people to vote for the bill?"

Trump replied asking the reporter what publication he worked for, to which he replied NOTUS.

Really getting his claws out, the president responded: "Who? I don't even know what the hell that is. Get yourself a real job."

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