'He would know': Critics pounce on Trump's 'fat, dumb, foolish country' remark

President Donald Trump's deliberately eyebrow-raising remark during a Fox News interview immediately generated mockery on social media from critics who quipped, "he would know."

During his interview with anchor Laura Ingraham, Trump said he looked forward to April 2 — the "liberation of America" — when he enacts tariffs.

"China will pay and other countries will pay," he vowed. "We've been ripped off by every country in the world, friend and foe."

Trump added: "We've been the fat, dumb, foolish country that allowed everybody to rip us off. Including our friends, look at NATO!" he said.

Experts have warned that Trump's proposed tariffs are expected to harm consumers, industries reliant on imported raw materials, exporters facing retaliatory tariffs, and the broader U.S. economy via increased costs and reduced competitiveness.

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But observers homed in on his assertion the country had become fat, dumb and foolish.

"He would know," chided TJ Adams-Falconer, former communications advisor to Barack Obama.

Novel writer Greg Cantwell wrote on X in response to a clip of Trump's quote: "Projection is a defense mechanism where an individual unconsciously attributes their own thoughts, feelings, and behaviors to others. This means that they project their own traits, insecurities, or desires onto someone else, rather than acknowledging them in themselves."

"Always projection with Biff," wrote Jeff Timmer, senior advisor of the anti-Trump group The Lincoln Project, on X.

"Firsthand expert on fat dumb fools has thoughts," jabbed the liberal X account known as Spiro's Ghost.

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