weasel out

Alabama Senator Tommy Tuberville posted on X on Saturday: "The best thing President Trump has done so far is kick that Ukrainian weasel out of the WH."

I had planned everything I would say so that he couldn’t weasel out of it.

The world’s wealthiest person originally struck the deal in the spring of 2022, realized within a few weeks that he had committed a grievous mistake, and then spent the summer and early fall trying to weasel out of the $44 billion acquisition.

Should McCarthy try to weasel out of his pledge, though, he’s unlikely to find a sympathetic audience in Donald Trump.

Of all the recent cases being built against Trump, this one seems to be the most solid and will be difficult for him to weasel out of.