CNN Anchor Twists the Knife on Trump With Litany of Brutal Headlines on Tariff Cave-In

CNN anchor John Berman twisted the knife on President Donald Trump by reading out a litany of brutal headlines after he “buckled” and paused tariffs.

After a disastrous week in the stock market, Trump tried to calm fears Wednesday morning by posting a message telling investors to relax and “BE COOL” — hours before he announced a 90-day “pause” on most of the tariffs that caused the market to tank.

While Trump aides and supporters chalked the episode up to a masterful negotiating strategy, Trump told reporters he made the move because, “I thought that people were jumping a little bit out of line. They were getting yippy, you know, they were getting a little bit yippy, a little bit afraid.”

On Thursday’s edition of CNN News Central, Berman introduced a panel discussion with pro-Trump analyst David Urban by ticking through the savage coverage and asking Urban if this entire issue had been “bungled”:

JOHN BERMAN: All right, with us now, senior political commentator, republic strategist David Urban, and democratic strategist Chuck Rocha.

Let’s go over some of the headlines and leads in today’s paper. The Washington Post, “Trump Blinked.”

Wall Street Journal opinion, “Trump Blinks.”.

The New York Times lead says “Bond Yields cause Mr. Trump to blink.”.

The Financial Times, “Why did Donald Trump buckle?”.

And just for the sugar on top here, Politico says “getting yippy with it,” and Puck says, “Un-liberation Day.”.

So David Urban, blink, blink buckle. But as Kate Bolduan asked this morning, was this all bungled?

DAVID URBAN: No, John, I don’t think it was bungled. I think that the markets got a little skittish. I think the House and Senate are working diligently to get this tax bill done and get some things pushed through.

I think if the markets step back and just were a bit more patient and paused, the administration is getting a lot of good things done. They have a stablecoin bill done, getting done, which is going to really make the US dollar much stronger. globally.

So I think taking in totality, the administration is moving forward in a pretty good direction.

However, you know, the bond markets, as you noted there, really put a scare into the administration, I think, when the cost of borrowing for the federal government goes way, way up and the U.S. dollar doesn’t become the reserve currency, which was what it looks like when you have a bond market sell off like it was happening.

I think that’s what caused the pause button to be pushed.

JOHN BERMAN: Shouldn’t they have known?

DAVID URBAN: I’m sorry?

JOHN BERMAN: Shouldn’t they have known that is what was going to happen to me i mean as they say in Spinal Tap, it’s not their job to be as confused as Nigel.

DAVID URBAN: Yeah, listen, if anybody could predict the markets like that, let me know and I’ll go follow them and invest with them.

No, I don’t think they can predict to have the bond market, what’s gonna happen globally with a bond market. I don’ think that’s predictable. I really don’t.

Watch above via CNN News Central.