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.

  • jeeva@lemmy.world
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    2 days 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·
      1 day 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.