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A “Fox & Friends” host lashed out at Democrats on Tuesday for embracing “TACO,” an acronym that refers to President Donald Trump’s back-and-forth tariff policy.
“Democrats are really off-kilter,” co-host Rachel Campos-Duffy said, introducing a segment titled “Dems Resort To Cringe Videos As Their Agenda Fails.”
TACO, which stands for “Trump Always Chickens Out,” was coined by Financial Times commentator Robert Armstrong and has reportedly become popular among Wall Street investors.
When a reporter asked the president last week to weigh in on the insult, Trump responded with a defensive meltdown.
“Don’t ever say what you said. That’s a nasty question. To me, that’s the nastiest question,” Trump told her.
Reporter: Wall Street analysts have a new term called the TACO trade.. Saying Trump always chickens out on tariffs…
Trump: I kick out?
Reporter: Chicken out.
Trump: I gave the E.U. a 50% tax tariff. They called up and said, please, let meet right now. You call that… pic.twitter.com/lPQK9iZ70d
The TACO insult has grown beyond Wall Street, as politicians, late-night talk show hosts and left-leaning influencers on TikTok have started using the term to mock the president.
The term has also sparked a trend of creating AI-generated memes depicting Trump as a chicken or taco.
On Tuesday, Fox’s Campos-Duffy called the term “cringey” and took the opportunity to hit Democrats’ social media presence.
“No, first of all, when you have to explain it, which I’m gonna have to do right now, it’s probably a sign it’s not the best campaign for them,” she said, showing a video of Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) mocking Trump and eating a taco on TikTok.
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“So if you’re negotiating and creating deals, [Democrats are] trying to present it as chickening out,” Campos-Duffy said, defending the president.
Fox’s Brian Kilmeade cut in, “The Wall Street Journal started it, actually,” referencing a WSJ report highlighting the term.
“The Wall Street Journal was at war with the president when it comes to tariffs,” he added. Both the Journal and Fox News are owned by Rupert Murdoch and his family.
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