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President Donald Trump was slammed Tuesday for what critics described as a classless claim about how foreign countries are responding to his tariffs, which have tanked stock markets.
“I’m telling you, these countries are calling us up, kissing my ass,” Trump bragged at the National Republican Congressional Committee Dinner in Washington, D.C.
“They are,” he continued. “They are dying to make a deal.”
Trump then mimicked someone saying, “Please, please, sir, make a deal. I’ll do anything. I’ll do anything, sir.”
Trump didn’t name which countries had been “kissing my ass,” however.
Critics suggested it could be just another “sir” story from the president.
Others ripped his narcissism.
That’s the justification for any policy, right? People pandering to the ego of a narcissist President to minimize the damage he’s doing. https://t.co/bIVnsau9qp
— Jonah Goldberg (@JonahDispatch) April 9, 2025The real reason at last: it’s just another dominance ritual to satisfy Trump’s boundless need subservience displays
We’re governed by the worst manosphere video on YouTube https://t.co/SsVk1cJBmL
This is not a president. This is a mobster.
— Marlene Robertson (@marlene4719) April 9, 2025Are they also crying and hugging him and calling him 'sir'?
— Ron Smith (@Ronxyz00) April 9, 2025We Don't Work For Billionaires. We Work For You.
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noun: egomaniac; a person who is obsessively egotistical
sociopath; a person with a personality disorder manifesting itself in extreme antisocial attitudes & behavior, a lack of conscience.⁰⁰narcissist; a person who has an excessive interest in or admiration of themselves. https://t.co/V66xpBpV9g
How rude and insulting to every country.
— Katherine Heald (@KatherineHeald3) April 9, 2025
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