The press briefing in the White House was unexpectedly funny on Wednesday after the CNBC correspondent Megan Cassella confronted President Donald Trump with the insolent new abbreviation Wall Street: Taco, the shortcut for “Trump always chickens”. The phrase, nod to frequent reversal of the President regarding customs threats, produces waves online and among traders.
Cassella asked, “President, Wall Street analysts created a new term called” Taco Trade “. It is said that “Trump always on your tariff threats.
It seemed that the question was harassed by the President, who quickly rejected the proposal that he had retreated.
“I’m out of the chicken? Oh, I never heard,” Trump replied. “Do you think I have reduced China from 145%that I set at 100 and then to another number?”
The President referred to his customs policy to Chinese imports, which reached a peak to 145%before it reduced the rate – the first to 100%, then again to 30%.
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Only last week Trump announced that from 1 June, 50% of the European Union’s goods. Within two days, however, the deadline was shifted to 9 July because Trump quoted progress in business interviews. Sudden shift added fuel to the nickname “taco”.
Taco Memy Flood Social Media
The abbreviation quickly became a viral and triggered a rush of memes across social media. Tacos pictures with Trump’s face, chickens set on the head and animated GIF that ridiculed his business policy were widely shared.
One user published: “There are no business agreements. Because Trump always chickens.”
Others joked in the cold: “The truth, in case there are doubts – Donald Trump can lose influence.
The third simply wrote: “Tacotrump means” Trump always chickens “! It’s fun because it’s true. ”
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Trump replies, “This is an ugly question”
Later on the day, when he asked for a viral period during a meeting in an oval office, Trump seemed visibly irritated.
“Oh, I’m out of the chicken? Isn’t that nice? I never heard it,” he said sarcastically.
The President advocated his decision to temporarily reduce tariffs to Chinese imports and delay an increase in EU tariffs.
“Will you call that Chickening?” He asked reporters. “I think we really helped China tremendously, because you know, they had a lot of trouble because we basically went with China cold turkey. For the tariff we did no business because it was so high. But I knew it.”
As the exchange ended, Trump was hit by journalists.
“Never say what you said,” he warned. “That’s an ugly question.”
Despite the frustration of the President, the term “taco” continues the trend online and becomes the latest example of how Internet culture intersects with political discourse.
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