1.  Donald Trump has claimed world leaders panicked by his gargantuan global tariffs are “kissing my a**” in desperate bids to reduce the levies.

The president made the bold remark during a 90-minute address as he attempted to court political donors at the National Republican Congressional Committe’s annual fundraising dinner in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday evening.

“These countries are calling us up, kissing my a**” to negotiate deals on tariffs, Trump said just hours before his reciprocal duties went into effect against dozens of nations just after midnight on Wednesday, including a 104 percent levy on Chinese imports.

“They are,” he emphasized. “They are dying to make a deal.”

The president went on to mock the tariff-deal supplicants, pretending to be them as he pitifully pleaded in a simpering voice: “Please, Sir, make a deal. I’ll do anything. I’ll do anything, Sir.”

....Most mainstream economists and business experts argue they will supercharge inflation and threaten America’s status as the world’s leading economy with a grievous self-inflicted wound.

Trump maintains that he is correct and everyone else is wrong about the dangers of tariffs.

“I know what the hell I'm doing,” he told the audience. “I know what I'm doing, and you know what I'm doing too.”....

It’s unclear where the Trump administration stands on the tariffs, whose cost will be largely paid by American consumers in the form of higher prices for foreign goods.....

Source Link:  https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-tariff-ass-kissing-nrcc-hannibal-b2729968.html

2.  Poster's comment:

The White House incumbent seems to be unaware that he is slamming the door of negotiation right in the face of any self-respecting world leader with his sinister mock vulgarities and appalling street hooligan behaviour.

He needs to wash his mouth with water from the River Styx.