WSJ: “.. Trump said his negotiating strategy means setting even a ‘ridiculous high number’ for tariffs, before negotiating it down ..” @wsj.com www.wsj.com/livecoverage... - ThreadSky

carlquintanilla.bsky.social • 8 days ago

WSJ: “.. Trump said his negotiating strategy means setting even a ‘ridiculous high number’ for tariffs, before negotiating it down ..”

@wsj.com
https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/stock-market-today-nvidia-earnings-tariffs-trade-war-05-28-2025/card/trump-says-he-didn-t-chicken-out-on-tariffs-zgd1ZXdDAQaReh7gg0s6

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sadworld.bsky.social•8 days ago

Oh but he did!

Trump also chickened out to put Putin in his place

gruntmusic.bsky.social•8 days ago

“Not a chicken. No chicken. YOU’RE the chicken.” - moron in chief

richardlaya.bsky.social•8 days ago

They may need to bring Vankie in to gently stroke his forehead after this. What a surprise, the fool looks like a fool. 🐓🐓🐓🐔

daytripper72.bsky.social•8 days ago

🐓🐓🐓🐓🐓🐓

spikes23.bsky.social•8 days ago

oweninthefirst.bsky.social•8 days ago

My only concern is now that he knows about TACO, he will do something stupefyingly stupid because that moniker hurt his feelings.

oweninthefirst.bsky.social•8 days ago

He already did. His immediate backlash on Chinese students, etc. Then the court ruling came out. I would imagine he will furious right now.

stayingwoke.bsky.social•8 days ago

Really?

senorsabelotodo.bsky.social•8 days ago

It must be
TACO Tuesday!

itismashagain.bsky.social•8 days ago

So Trump’s negotiating strategy is to chicken out. #TACOtrade

jtross0101.bsky.social•8 days ago

Like a really dumb Dr Evil.

whiteroseresist.bsky.social•8 days ago

and he got a turkey in there too. The weave returns…

alan2210.bsky.social•8 days ago

Chinese Year of the Rooster marked with huge Trump sculpture
Published 29 December 2016

a Trump-inspired sculpture is on display at a shopping centre in Taiyuan, Shanxi province.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-38456410

hey.rupert.murdochbait.click•4 days ago

Trump always roosters out.

#TACO
#TrumpPortraitPageant

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Garden_of_American_Heroes?wprov=sfla1

mepafford.org•7 days ago

Still Too Many People Trying To Normalize #SEXOFFENDER #CONVICT #Trump.

UNDER NY STATE LAW:

- 5/9/23: Sex Offender!
Whether Registered Or Not.

- 5/30/24: Convicted Felon!
On ALL 34 Felony Counts.

- 1/10/25: Convict!
Whether Incarcerated Or Not.

ALL Permanent!

1tonytony.bsky.social•8 days ago

TACO 🌮 👀

patrickjoconnor.bsky.social•8 days ago

TACO lies. It’s pretty much all he does

cheetodusty.bsky.social•8 days ago

He’s not dead yet? JFC already!

elkmovie.bsky.social•8 days ago

My "not a chicken" T-shirt is raising a lot of questions

jlindig.bsky.social•8 days ago

Completely unserious people.

goodwitchglinda.bsky.social•8 days ago

Someone is in the ninth stage.

handmethesoma.bsky.social•8 days ago

And always show your cards....what a maroon

em4fitzgerald.bsky.social•8 days ago

macymoosdad.bsky.social•8 days ago

Strategy ? What strategy ? A kindergarten student could've done a better job than TSF!

hmeisler.bsky.social•8 days ago

TACO

fretting.bsky.social•8 days ago

mjd1001.bsky.social•8 days ago

To defend himself as the taco man, he's basically admitting that everyone else should ignore the first or second thing he says in negotiations.

mjd1001.bsky.social•8 days ago

So what he's saying... Ignore the first thing he says and actually laugh at him... And tell him to come back AFTER he backs off ... While you continue to laugh at him.

donnayoungdc.bsky.social•8 days ago

Everyone around FELON/Con Man Trump knows he's manipulating the stock markets.
Only suckers think he's clueless about #TACOTrade.
If we had a credible DOJ & SEC, there'd be investigations into Trump's #tariffs scam.

#TACO

middlerage.bsky.social•8 days ago

retiredvagabond.bsky.social•8 days ago

Ahhh, self awareness but still, #TACO

citymice4.bsky.social•8 days ago

😂😂😂😂😂😂 He’s always been dumb. And mean. And a liar every time he opens his mouth.

A “golden dome” my *ss.

Negotiator? 😂😂😂😂😂

david-stone.bsky.social•8 days ago

I had strong doubts about him saying otherwise.

hoppycroaklightly.bsky.social•8 days ago

mar1957.bsky.social•8 days ago

Taco don

mheido.bsky.social•8 days ago

I went to my boss the other day and demanded a 100% pay raise, told him to think on that and walked out. Then, after lunch, I went back in and told him 50% would get us talking. By days end I had talked him down to 10%. Left him to consider that. So, we'll see.

stillconcerned.bsky.social•8 days ago

In my head, I'm hearing the Village People sing, "Taco, taco man, I've got to be a taco man!"

nboyer.bsky.social•8 days ago

🏆 ❤️

willdarrell.bsky.social•8 days ago

I ran a 9.0 flat in a 100 meter race this morning. Both statements are ridiculous.

harmon98.bsky.social•8 days ago

🌮

choosethetruth.bsky.social•8 days ago

And after all the loss of respect and goodwill around the globe….
We’ll be right back to where we started!

callmeoz.bsky.social•8 days ago

jlr1.bsky.social•8 days ago

Is he aware that other countries can read the WSJ? He just relayed his strategy for all to read.

austidog.bsky.social•8 days ago

Well, that hasn’t happened either, so #trumptaco.

spatula8.bsky.social•8 days ago

Yes, this is what he said. I can't think of anything less meaningful and less reliable than "what Trump said."

...unless he's promising to commit crimes against humanity. That, you can take to the bank.

colonel-panic-8080.bsky.social•8 days ago

2AM rage tariffs incoming

brodyrocks.bsky.social•8 days ago

Draft dodger. Pure chicken.

bovinebessie.bsky.social•8 days ago

"negotiating" it down

anonemus13.bsky.social•8 days ago

🤣 right? he’s literally negotiating with himself.

lindiemoungu.bsky.social•8 days ago

🎶 A ridiculously high number 🎶

dbjc.bsky.social•8 days ago

Who is going to tell him that’s a failed negotiating strategy in every walk of life? Even used car salesmen know better.

notmuch.bsky.social•8 days ago

Brave sir robin ran away. When danger reared is scary head he bravely turned his tail and fled. Brave, brave sir robin!

childlessdiglady.bsky.social•8 days ago

That strategy doesn't work well. Ask people who over price their homes. They sit on the market and don't sell. They destroy their negotiating power by ending up desperate.

deebell.bsky.social•8 days ago

On the other hand, he lies compulsively; so it's just as true that he has no clue what he's doing.

beastquake.bsky.social•8 days ago

No one in the administration wanted to tell Trump about the TACO trade.

nufcnuf.bsky.social•8 days ago

Who is going to put the transcript of Trump's response to this question – in all its glorious white male fragility – into the mouth of a deep faked Reagan, or Bush or Obama? Come on, somebody do it fast! It's astonishing that anyone thinks Trump is tough. He is a buffoonish child bully.

bigjgamerguy1.bsky.social•8 days ago

Call him #PresidentSpelunky because of all the time he spends caving.

plannedtheride.bsky.social•8 days ago

You can put in the paper that I hate him so much that words cannot describe how much.

saandress.bsky.social•8 days ago

🌮 🌮 🌮 🤣

danielwbrody.bsky.social•8 days ago

Don't put in the paper that I was a chicken

sno-man.bsky.social•8 days ago

domacc.bsky.social•8 days ago

A moron wrapped in a TACO.

robpollard45.bsky.social•8 days ago

Someone needs to tell the stock market.

Investors are still living in a "10% is not so bad...right?" la la land.

jafedorko.bsky.social•8 days ago

(Narrator's voice.) The nicknme "TACO" came because Trump did, in fact, consistenly back down on tariffs he set, because his "strategy" was laughably bad.

ranworth63.bsky.social•8 days ago

Seems to me his “negotiating strategy” means setting himself up to look like a ridiculous jackass, before negotiating down to looking like a wuss.

jamesh1977.bsky.social•8 days ago

opusmarta.no•8 days ago

pinonfrijoles.bsky.social•8 days ago

This is old news to other countries who caught on to "The Art of the Deal"

deflo.bsky.social•8 days ago

Anchor and adjusting only works if your first negotiating point is reasonable

kevinc13.bsky.social•8 days ago

Yeah right, he's done it over and over, what an ass!

agbooth.bsky.social•8 days ago

lol sure Jan...

vglntgrandma.bsky.social•8 days ago

🐥🐥🐥🐥🐥🐓🐓🐓🐓. He did.

erikretz.bsky.social•8 days ago

nboyer.bsky.social•8 days ago

jecrda.bsky.social•8 days ago

Either Trump chickened out on tariffs or he’s a terrible negotiator.

engineerhawk.bsky.social•8 days ago

Genius negotiator telling everyone his ‘strategy and tactics’.

fathefree.bsky.social•8 days ago

Let’s go TACO!!!!!

bimbelon.bsky.social•8 days ago

buzz1969.bsky.social•8 days ago

steve-brewer.bsky.social•8 days ago

A leader most fowl.

bestie11.bsky.social•8 days ago

“As cunning as a fox who's just been appointed Professor of Cunning at Oxford University?" - Blackadder/ Rowan Atkinson

wellwithmysoul.bsky.social•8 days ago

Bawk, Bawk...

bplumm01.bsky.social•8 days ago

that one stung

auntie-social.bsky.social•8 days ago

Well all just get our stuff elsewhere

jpoww.bsky.social•8 days ago

TACO is the strategy.

jodemars.bsky.social•8 days ago

Yeah. That’s been crystal clear, Taco.

carolpercussion59.bsky.social•8 days ago

billhaskett.bsky.social•8 days ago

Well, his negotiation skills suck. He is used to negotiating where there is no other option. That's not the case with international trade.

Plus, he already had tariff-free trade with the majority of countries.

billhaskett.bsky.social•8 days ago

And what would I know? I only teach negotiation.

rb3iii3.bsky.social•8 days ago

If anyone believes this, there's swamp land aplenty in the Sahara for sale.

happymiser.bsky.social•8 days ago

Nothing says complete idiot more than playing poker with all your cards face up on the table. 🤡

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