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🚨 Reporter Calls Out Trump Over Tariff Bluff — "Trump Always Chickens Out" Goes Viral

A CNBC journalist invokes Wall Street’s new nickname for Trump’s trade policy retreats — sparking a fiery Oval Office meltdown

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May 28, 2025
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It finally happened: someone said the quiet part out loud — to Trump’s face.

During a tense press exchange at the White House on May 28, CNBC White House correspondent Megan Casella confronted Donald Trump with a term that’s been bouncing around Wall Street for weeks — TACO, short for “Trump Always Chickens Out.” The acronym, coined by Financial Times co…

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