Jake Tapper Tells Ellen DeGeneres Trump Has ‘Lost His Mojo’ With Insulting Nicknames

President Donald Trump‘s nicknaming skills are starting to make CNN’s Jake Tapper sad.

Appearing on The Ellen Show, Tapper said he was once in awe of the president’s skill to take jabs at politicos, branding them with insults, but that he’s since “lost his mojo.”

“I’ll be honest. President Trump has a lot of skills, and I used to think his branding skill was amazing––Little Marco, or Lyin’ Ted, Low Energy Jeb, Crooked Hillary,” he noted. “He’s kind of lost his mojo on the nickname front.”

Running through the list of names Trump has tried to give former FBI Director James Comey, Tapper said none of them have really stuck.

“He had Lyin’ Comey, that didn’t seem to work, Liar and a Leaker Comey, Slippery Comey, Slimeball first, Slime Ball, two different words, then Slimeball one word,” Tapper told Ellen DeGeneres. “He’s clearly trying new material, as one does, and it hasn’t really caught on.”

Tapper speculated that the president might be so wrapped up in the White House that he’s simply lost his skill to dish out witty mockery. He added that Trump’s name for him was less than thrilling.

“I think he called me a ‘flunky’ once,” Tapper said. “It was disappointing”

Ellen suggested he could be the ‘Tap Man.”

Watch the clip above, via The Ellen Show.

[Image via screengrab]

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