Trump Irritated that His Team Didn’t Tell Him About ‘TACO,’ Sources Say
- President Donald Trump reacted sharply on May 7, 2025, when a reporter asked about the term TACO at a White House event.
- The acronym TACO, coined earlier that month by Financial Times columnist Robert Armstrong, stands for Trump Always Chickens Out and critiques Trump's tariff reversals.
- Trump had not previously heard the term and expressed frustration, seeing it as a misunderstanding of his trade negotiating tactics and a depiction of weakness.
- Trump said, "I've never heard that," called it the "nastiest question," and threatened high tariffs including 145% on Chinese goods and 50% on the EU, later adjusting them downward.
- The TACO acronym quickly became popular on finance Twitter and Wall Street, reflecting market reactions to Trump's tariff threats and subsequent policy reversals.
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Trump irritated that his team didn't tell him about 'TACO,' sources say
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