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Trump Unveils A Bizarre New Self-Nickname — And Somehow It’s Even Cringier Than The Last One

The president has dubbed himself The Tariff King

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Donald Trump’s signature second-term policy has been his tariffs. When he’s not announcing new ones, he’s threatening more, most recently a threat this week to impose tariffs on countries that refuse to back his plans to take over Greenland.

“I may do that for Greenland too,” the president said in a White House briefing this week. “I may put a tariff on countries if they don’t go along with Greenland, because we need Greenland for national security. So I may do that.”

On Saturday, Trump announced that, in February, new tariffs would be placed on Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France, Germany, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, and Finland, “until such time as a Deal is reached for the Complete and Total purchase of Greenland.”

Also on Saturday, Trump sent a Truth Social post that gave himself a new nickname: “The Tariff King.”:

Shortly after, Trump posted the same picture, only calling himself “Mr. Tariff.”

Trump had touted the tariffs earlier in the week, in a different Truth Social post:

“Our Country has never done better!” the president posted. “So many people ask me the reason for this and I tell them, in just one word — TARIFFS! We’ve taken in Hundreds of Billions of Dollars, with virtually No Inflation, and our national security has never been as strong as it is today. GOD BLESS THE U.S.A.”

Per The Daily Beast, while the tariffs brought in $236 billion to the U.S. Treasury in 2025, that hasn’t translated into either a robust economy or high approval ratings for the president.

“The Trump Administration’s latest attack on the Fed threatens to tank markets and worsen the economy. Trump has been pressuring Jerome Powell into cutting interest rates, despite the bank’s doubts that it would benefit consumers. As Trump opened a flimsy investigation into the renovations being made on the Federal Reserve building, his aides reportedly ‘freaked out’ about the potential effects on the bond market,” the Beast reported.

There was much making fun of Trump’s latest self-proclaimed nickname, on Truth Social:

Photo courtesy of a Truth Social screenshot. 

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Stephen Silver

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Stephen Silver is an award-winning journalist, essayist and film critic, and contributor to the Philadelphia Inquirer, the Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Broad Street Review and Splice Today. The co-founder of the Philadelphia Film Critics Circle, Stephen lives in suburban Philadelphia with his wife and two sons. Stephen has authored thousands of articles that focus on politics, technology, and the economy.

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