OK, I admit it, I used the phrase “chickens out” the other day when talking about Putin being a no-show for proposed negotiations with Volodymyr Zelensky to end the Russia-Ukraine war. But I wasn’t in the Oval Office, and I wasn’t talking to President Donald Trump.
If I had been, I might have been mowed down like this unfortunate lady.
Thinking she’d embarrass the president following a ceremony to swear in new U.S. Attorney for D.C. Jeanine Pirro, Megan Casella of CNBC asked, “Wall Street analysts have coined a term called the ‘TACO trade.’ They’re saying that Trump always chickens out on his tariff threats.” What is your response to that?”
She probably wishes she hadn’t asked:
🚨 TRUMP FAKE NEWS SMACKDOWN: He has to explain Art of the Deal over and over again!
REPORTER: People say, ‘Trump always chickens out on his tariffs.’
TRUMP:…
