President Donald Trump lashed out at a reporter after she said he "chickens out" on tariffs.
While taking questions at the White House on Wednesday, one correspondent noted that Wall Street analysts had begun mocking the president.
"They're saying Trump always chickens out on your tariff threats, and that's why markets are higher this week," she explained. "What's your response to that?"
"I kick out?" Trump asked.
"Chicken out," the reporter clarified.
"Oh, isn't that a — chicken out? I've never heard that," Trump complained. "You mean because I reduced China from 145% that I set down to 100 and then down to another number?"
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"You call that chickening out?" he continued. "It's called negotiation. You set a number. And if you go down, you know, if I set a number at a ridiculous high number, and I go down a little bit, you know, a little bit."
Before finishing, Trump admonished the reporter.
"We had a country — people didn't think it was going to survive, and you ask a nasty question like that," he said. "But don't ever say what you said. That's a nasty question."
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