Well, howdy there, Internet people, it's Bell again.

So today, we're going to talk about Trump's taco trap.

Okay, so by now, I think everybody has heard about the taco acronym when it comes to investments, the economy, tariffs, trade deals, and diplomacy.

If you haven't, it stands for Trump always chickens out.

The idea is that basically at this point, it's safe for people planning their finances or investing

to ignore Trump's erratic and unpredictable statements regarding anything he's going to do, because he'll eventually

chicken out and not implement whatever it is he said he's going to do. This is likely to leave a lot of

people unprepared financially, and some will be left holding the bag. The beginning of this

is going to sound like it doesn't necessarily

apply to most working class people, but it does. Whether Trump always chickens out is a truism or not

is something you're free to debate. But the problem arises when people start basing their personal financial decisions on the idea,

or when investors do. Disregarding Trump's statements in hopes of him walking them back

ignores the fact that his statements and the uncertainty he creates has real tangible effects on the economy, regardless of whether

he walks them back. The uncertainty is now so pronounced and so damaging that people are trying

to create certainty by applying the idea that Trump will chicken out, therefore they can ignore it.

Trump chickened out over the tariffs on China.

However, the U.S. GDP still saw negative growth.

The damage was real, even though he walked back his policy.

We've talked about how the stock market is disconnected

from reality, and how the market is severely overvalued. If people continue to ignore the actual

economic damage, Trump's policies are inflicting, and instead just look at the market and say, line eventually go up.

Investors will buy, and the line will indeed eventually go up. The problem occurs when Trump's

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