He had not yet heard the term, according to a senior White House official who acknowledged to CNN that the president was caught off guard. Trump had said as much at the time, saying “I’ve never heard that” before calling it the “nastiest question.”

“He thought the reporter was calling him a chicken,” the official said, adding that Trump was “reasonably” frustrated with the phrase.

The acronym was coined in early May by a Financial Times columnist and is now used as shorthand by some on Wall Street to indicate that traders shouldn’t fret too much about Trump’s tariff threats, since he usually backs down.

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    Because he always acts this way when someone asks him a question he doesn’t like. Refuses to answer, then gaslights and calls them “nasty”. Typical narcissist shit.

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      I wish they’d keep pressing him on it until he completely loses his rag. Let’s see the Real Donald Trump.