US EditionDNC Rents Taco Truck to Mock Trump
- The Democratic National Committee commissioned a taco truck to park outside the Republican National Committee headquarters in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, June 3, 2025.
- This action follows Financial Times columnist Robert Armstrong coining the term TACO on May 2 to mock President Trump's repeated tariff policy reversals using the acronym 'Trump Always Chickens Out'.
- The taco truck featured a graphic of Trump in a chicken suit and the slogan 'Trump Always Chickens Out,' referencing Trump's pattern of announcing and then retracting massive tariffs.
- Wall Street traders have adopted the TACO nickname in their trading strategies to profit from Trump's tariff flip-flops, while Trump reportedly expressed anger over the term in a recent White House exchange.
- The DNC's taco truck stunt reflects Democrats' attempt to brand Trump's tariff policy failures and highlights ongoing political efforts to criticize his economic decisions publicly.
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TACO Trump furious with ‘nasty questions”
Wall Street traders have reportedly come up with the acronym TACO, which stands for “Trump always chickens out,” to take advantage of the trade environment created by the president’s habit of threatening to impose tariffs on countries, and then backing off at the last moment.
Lincoln Project on Trump chickening out
This ad seems sure to get under the Orange Chicken's skin. Trump's whipsawing economic policies are doing more to embarrass him than make America anything like "great." Having earned the nickname "Taco," for Trump always chickens out, as any country that pushes back on his tariffs seems to be rewarded, folks are heaping scorn on. — Read the rest The post Lincoln Project on Trump chickening out appeared first on Boing Boing.
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follow.itDNC Perfectly Trolls Trump By Renting Taco Truck To Mock His ‘TACO’ Slogan
The term “TACO” entered the lexicon last month when Robert Armstrong, a columnist for the Financial Times, coined it, which stands for “Trump Always Chickens Out.” The term is used in the context of Trump and the announcement of new tariffs, which the president has often backed down from. “The TACO Trade” is a term used by Wall Street professionals to refer to planning financial moves to predict and capitalize on Trump’s reversals, thereby makin…
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The DNC TACO truck trolls GOP headquarters
The Democratic National Committee parked a food truck with Trump in a chicken suit banner on the sides, and gave out free tacos to passersby in front of the GOP headquarters on Capitol Hill. 50 second clip from CNN on Facebook with people laughing and...
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