For many, a corner store is a staple in their lives.
The same can’t be said for President Donald Trump, who said, “What is a corner store,” in a speach Thursday.
Trump was in Las Vegas, Nevada, where he was touting last year’s passage of his “No Tax on Tips” policy. The policy was included in the omnibus budget the Republican-controlled Congress passed in July.
The provision allows employees who receive tips to deduct up to $25,000 in tips when filing their taxes.
While boasting about the tax cuts, Trump was tripped up by the inclusion of the term “corner store” in his speech.
“The great big beautiful bill also slashed taxes on millions of Americans, small businesses, including restaurants, dry cleaners, corner stores,” the president said before pausing his speech.
“What is a corner store? I’ve never heard that term. I know what a quarter store is, but I’ve never heard it described. A corner store. Who the hell wrote that, please?” he asked.
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Several in the audience laughed at Trump’s statement.
Corner stores are shops where patrons can purchase staples such as groceries, a term the president has also mused about publicly.
“But a big thing on costs, you know, the new word is ‘affordability,’ Trump said in the Oval Office in November. “Another word is just ‘groceries.’ You know, it’s sort of an old-fashioned word, but it’s very accurate.”
Elsewhere at the event, the president spoke about a public relations stunt involving a “DoorDash Grandma” at the White House on Monday.
“It was a little bit of a, you know, I mean, to be honest, it was a little tacky,” he said. “You know, they come up with these crazy ideas like McDonald’s.”
He added, “They’re a little embarrassing.”
