TACO Tantrum: How the Media’s Latest Trump-Bashing Stunt Proves They’ll Never Stop
The Media’s “TACO” Smear Is Just Another Low Blow in Their Obsessive Anti-Trump Crusade
On May 28, 2025, during a White House press conference, CNBC reporter Megan Cassella asked President Donald Trump: “Mr. President, Wall Street analysts have coined a new term called the ‘TACO trade.’ They’re saying ‘Trump Always Chickens Out’ on your tariff threats and that you have a pattern of backing off. What’s your response?”
Trump, visibly irritated, replied: “I chickened out? I’ve never heard that… Don’t ever say what you said. That’s a nasty question.” He went on to defend his tariff strategy, insisting his adjustments—like scaling back from high tariff threats to a 10% rate for 90 days—were strategic negotiations, not cowardice.
Are you as mad as I am that the media keeps hammering Trump with every snarky comment they can dig up?
And when will they stop turning petty jabs into headline news?
I’m furious after watching ABC News and Inside Edition last week, relentlessly mocking President Trump over the “TACO trade” remark.
It started with CNBC’s Megan Cassella throwing the dig during a White House press conference, parroting a Financial Times meme that “TACO” stands for “Trump Always Chickens Out,” implying he caves on tariff threats.
Show after show, they piled on, smirking as they painted him as a weak negotiator.
Every show I watched—ABC News with David Muir, Inside Edition, Nightline, and the late-night circuit—relentlessly echoed the same mocking “TACO trade” jab at Trump, piling on with smug disdain.
This “TACO” nonsense isn’t just a cheap shot—it’s another deliberate, vicious attack in the media’s endless war against Trump, and I’ve had enough.
The “TACO” Meme: A Media-Manufactured Hit Job Designed to Humiliate
Listen, this “TACO trade” nonsense didn’t just pop up by accident.
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