Trump's Meltdown Over 'TACO' Trade Spurs Wave of Chicken Memes
www.latintimes.com
President Donald Trump accused a reporter of asking "the nastiest question" regarding a new term about the president "chickening out" under tariff threats.

Donald Trump seemingly had a meltdown during a press briefing at the White House on Wednesday after a “nasty” reporter asked whether he was familiar with Wall Street analysts’ new term, “TACO trade,” an acronym suggesting “Trump always chickens out” under tariff threats.

  • SaltSong@startrek.websiteEnglish
    71·
    1 day ago

    Why is the word “trade” in the headline?

    new term, “TACO trade,” an acronym

    And what is it doing here?

    • jeeva@lemmy.world
      6·
      23 hours ago

      If I’m not mistaken, the origin of the phrase was wallstreet traders who used it to refer to the trades that happened when trump rolled back tariffs (or paused them, again).

      Thus, TACO trade.

      • SaltSong@startrek.websiteEnglish
        1·
        18 hours ago

        Interesting. That’s a good origin, and makes sense. They should have explained that a bit in the article, though.

        Thanks for the extra info.