Countries Are ‘Calling Us Up, Kissing My A**’ To Negotiate Tariffs, President Trump Boasts

For all the naysayers out there, President Donald Trump just touted some new evidence that his tariff plans are working.

He wasn’t the only White House figure reporting that dozens of nations are rushing to the negotiating table with the U.S., but he did so on Tuesday in a characteristically Trumpian manner.

As the New York Post reported:

President Trump bragged that countries have been “calling us up, kissing my ass” ever since he announced he’d be slapping roughly 90 nations with sweeping tariffs — including a staggering 104% levy on China.

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“I’m telling you, these countries are calling us up, kissing my ass,” Trump told the National Republican Congressional Committee Dinner late Tuesday — just hours before the tariffs went into effect.

“They are. They are dying to make a deal. ‘Please, please, Sir, make a deal. I’ll do anything. I’ll do anything, sir!’” he said mockingly.

President Donald Trump says countries are calling the United States "kissing" his "ass", "dying" to make a deal to soften the blow of his tariffs.

Trump added that Congress should not take over negotiations because they cannot negotiate as well as him. pic.twitter.com/2GFbGVtcal

— Channel 4 News (@Channel4News) April 9, 2025

A number of other reports have surfaced in recent days about similar progress in the underlying negotiation process:

🚨JUST ANNOUNCED: Taiwan is offering zero tariffs to the United States in response to President Trump’s tariffs.

"More than 50 countries have reached out to the president to begin a negotiation. They're doing that because they understand that they bear a lot of the tariff." pic.twitter.com/6XWpRJPXCn

— AJ Huber (@Huberton) April 6, 2025

TARIFFS: The Trump administration has already started negotiating with 50 countries to avoid the worldwide tariffs set to be imposed on Wednesday this week. Art of the Deal is already in play. pic.twitter.com/J6cdDMZQsd

— Walter Curt (@WCdispatch_) April 6, 2025

As for those within his own party who doubt the tariff strategy, he had some tough words, as Fox News recently reported:

“And then I see some rebel Republican, some guy who wants to grandstand, say, ‘I think that Congress should take over negotiations.’ Let me tell you, you don’t negotiate like I negotiate,” Trump said.