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Straits Times
3 days ago
- Business
- Straits Times
This Taco gives Trump indigestion, so watch out
US President Donald Trump offered the world a Rose Garden tariffs spectacle in April that caused financial markets to plunge. PHOTO: AFP Mr Donald Trump relished his favourite versions of tacos during his first presidential term. 'The best taco bowls are made in Trump Tower Grill,' he tweeted in early 2016, sharing a photo of himself chowing down on a large serving at his desk. 'I love Hispanics!' Join ST's Telegram channel and get the latest breaking news delivered to you.
Economic Times
6 days ago
- Business
- Economic Times
This TACO gives Trump indigestion, so watch out
Donald Trump relished his favorite versions of tacos during his first presidential term. 'The best taco bowls are made in Trump Tower Grill,' he tweeted in early 2016, sharing a photo of himself chowing down on a large serving at his desk. 'I love Hispanics!' These days, tacos aren't Trump's thing. More precisely, the version cooked up by a Financial Times columnist, Robert Armstrong, isn't his thing. Armstrong, noting that Trump has repeatedly backed away from some of his fiercest tariff threats, dubbed this phenomenon 'TACO' — Trump Always Chickens Out. TACO-savvy traders were making money embracing that reality, Armstrong observed. It's not a reality Trump is ready to embrace himself, though. 'That's a nasty question,' he told a reporter who asked about the TACO moniker at a White House press briefing on Wednesday. 'Don't ever say what you said. That's a nasty question. … To me, that's the nastiest question.'Trump, who fashions himself a brilliant dealmaker and strategist despite ample evidence to the contrary, is, of course, always going to bristle at the notion that he is a chicken — and a predictable one at that. He also routinely peddles himself as an infallible winner, so the nastiest question is also one that speculates about whether he's mired in a losing streak. His tariff policy, unleashed on allies and competitors alike, has been rolled out on a seesaw and riddled with economically damaging will never acknowledge any of that, which is to be expected. But it also may be wise to consider this TACO-fueled moment as something other than a lighthearted interlude in an otherwise tragicomic policy miasma. Trump protects and prioritizes how his various audiences perceive him. A Trump eager to prove he's not a chicken is a Trump willing to inflict economic, social or political damage in the service of his ego and self-image (also a recurring feature of his earlier but less consequential passage as a real estate developer and casino operator). Dangers once told me that he admired John Gotti, the notorious mobster, because Gotti never backed down, never flinched or wept in a courtroom, and gave everyone who opposed him the evil eye. That's how Trump sees himself. Anything but a that Trump campaigned on imposing suffocating tariffs on countries such as China, which he described as a predator fleecing US manufacturers and workers. He has had much the same to say of indispensable trading partners like Canada and Mexico, which have jointly created vast storehouses of economic value for themselves and the US. Determined to keep a campaign promise that endeared him to his political base, he offered the world a Rose Garden tariffs spectacle in April that caused financial markets to chastened, Trump then set about offering carve-outs to various industries and playing down the scale of the tariffs he was considering. He eagerly courted countries to work out deals with him. Going too far down that path, though, would have been an obvious reversal of his reckless campaign pledges, and that might have cost him come next year's midterm elections. So he took to being a human yo-yo when discussing his tariff intentions; sometimes tough, sometimes willing to bend, but always up-and-down and always unpredictable (and uncertainty, mind you, can readily morph into chaos).A helpful escape from his predicament landed in Trump's lap on Thursday, when the US Court of International Trade ruled that he lacked the legal authority to unilaterally impose tariffs under the presidency's emergency powers provision. Trump could have acquiesced, rolled his tariff regime back into the Pandora's box from which it sprang and then blamed it all on the courts. The Deep State undermined my brave tariffs stance, he could have told his voters, not me. But I tried to keep my promises to you. I really may have had fresh images of cowardly fowl dancing in his head when he ignored that opportunity, though he has had decades of institutional defiance that preceded the clucking. Regardless, he is now certainly determined to prove he's not a chicken. His administration successfully appealed the trade ruling to a higher court on Thursday and won a temporary reprieve from its restrictions. While the US Court of Appeals provided only a stay and could ultimately affirm the trade court's ruling, the White House celebrated. It trotted out trade hardliner and former prison inmate Peter Navarro to take a victory lap on Trump's behalf on tariff dispute is likely to find its way to the Supreme Court, where nine justices will decide, yet again, what the proper powers of the presidency are in an era when the Oval Office's current occupant believes they are limitless. My colleagues Noah Feldman and Matt Levine have written thoughtful, and differing, analyses of the legal and constitutional principles being tested around the tariff the Supreme Court might land amid all of this is unlikely to end the mess, however. The White House said Trump would find other ways to impose trading levies if the courts stop him this time around. And he's newly incentivized to prove he's owning the opposition.'The sad thing is, now, when I make a deal with them — it's something much more reasonable — they'll say, 'Oh, he was chicken. He was chicken,' Trump said during Wednesday's press conference. 'That's unbelievable.'There's certainly one person who doesn't believe it, and he's now determined to convince the rest of the world not to believe it, either. Fasten your seat belts.
Yahoo
05-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Social Media Users Point Out Hypocrisy Of MAGA Fans Celebrating Cinco De Mayo
Cinco De Mayo felt a little different on social media this year. The mostly-celebrated-in-America holiday is an opportunity to celebrate the influence of Mexican culture in the U.S., but many people didn't feel like partying considering the Trump administration's mass deportation agenda. It didn't help that the president 'honored' Cinco De Mayo by reposting a trollish tweet from May 5, 2016, that was basically an advertisement for the taco bowl sold at the Trump Tower Grill in New York. Many people on social media noted the paradox of celebrating the culture of another country under an administration that boasts about its deportations of migrants ― even those here legally ― and renamed the Gulf of Mexico to the 'Gulf of America.' 'I can already see it, nothing says secure the border like sipping on margaritas and munching on tacos made by the very people they're voting against,' one user wrote on Threads. 'The irony pairs well with Guacamole.' Trump 'Honors' Cinco De Mayo By Reposting Infamous 2016 Tweet Trump Admin Says Immigrants In The US Illegally Will Get $1,000 If They Leave Trump Blasts Mexican President For Rejecting Offer To Send U.S. Troops Into Mexico To Fight Cartels
Yahoo
05-05-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Trump 'Honors' Cinco De Mayo By Reposting Infamous 2016 Tweet
Donald Trump decided to celebrate Cinco De Mayo on Monday by reminding people he doesn't particularly care about or appreciate Mexican culture. The president took to X to repost an infamous photo taken on May 5, 2016, during his first presidential campaign when he was promising to keep Mexicans out of the U.S. via a big wall while claiming, 'They're bringing drugs. They're bringing crime. They're rapists. And some, I assume, are good people.' The post was basically a commercial for Trump Tower and featured a picture of the then-future president eating a taco bowl with the caption, 'Happy Cinco de Mayo! The best taco bowls are made in Trump Tower Grill. I love Hispanics!' The original post was heavily mocked ― as was the actual taco bowl which Business Insider described in a review inspired by Trump's photo as 'bland,' 'goopy,' 'underseasoned,' and 'mediocre.' Still, considering Trump's current administration has been amping up the xenophobia along with deportations, it's probably no surprise he decided to troll Americans by reupping the taco bowl post. 'This was so wonderful, 9 years ago today!' he wrote. And, yes, he got the attention he craved. Thanks for asking. Trump Admin Says Immigrants In The US Illegally Will Get $1,000 If They Leave Trump Blasts Mexican President For Rejecting Offer To Send U.S. Troops Into Mexico To Fight Cartels Historians Are 'Shocked' By What They've Seen Trump Do In Just 100 Days
Yahoo
27-02-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Desi Lydic Spots 'Everything' Wrong With Trump's 'Ridiculous' New Hat
'Daily Show' host Desi Lydic clowned President Donald Trump on Wednesday after he showed off a bonkers Make America Great Again-style hat that read 'Trump Was Right About Everything!' 'OK, first of all, that is way too much text, guys. If your hat needs a bookmark, it's not a good hat,' she said of Trump showing reporters the headgear in the Oval Office on Tuesday. Trump — who took one of several hats dropped on his desk by Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick — claimed his administration was 'pretty much' right about everything before gesturing to a member of the media, 'You want one?' Lydic spotted several things wrong with Trump's fashion statement. 'There were a couple of small things, I don't know, Haitian immigrants weren't eating cats and dogs, there wasn't $50 million of condoms sent to Gaza, Belgium is not a city, the 2020 election wasn't stolen, China doesn't operate the Panama Canal nor does it —,' said the host, who was cut off by hold music accompanied by a '37 hours later' graphic. Lydic, who reappeared onscreen with a slightly disheveled look, continued, 'And the best taco bowls are not made at the Trump Tower Grill.' She then offered a message to the president for owning a hat 'with a ridiculous lie' before revealing a 'fun' cap of her own: a 'Garfield Did 9/11' hat. 'Get yours today before he finishes the job,' quipped Lydic as she winked to the camera. Check out more of Lydic's Wednesday monologue below. Jon Stewart Opens Up About Injury That Left Him Bleeding On 'Daily Show' Set Jon Stewart Suffers Gruesome Injury On 'Daily Show' Set As Segment Goes Awry 'The Daily Show' Teases Marco Rubio For Fall From GOP 'It Girl' To Trump Lackey
