TACO: Trump Always Chickens Out

The Lincoln Project

Society & Culture, Daily News, News, Politics

4.7 • 8.4K Ratings

🗓️ 30 May 2025

⏱️ 24 minutes

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This week, Rick's Elephant in the Room unpacks TACO Trump. (And, kudos to the Wall Street Bros who coined the "perfect" term -- "Trump Always Chickens Out.") As the anthropologist on Donald Trump, Rick (who has studied this man for over ten years -- thank you for your service!) sheds light on how TACO applies to all aspects of Trump. This flacid, feeble, fatuous fool is not the strong man he *thinks* he portrays. Completely inept, played by dictators, confused by intelligent people, and obsessively corrupt, Trump has always been a weak, small, stupid man in politics, in business, and in his personal life. Regardless of the news cycle, there's one thing we can always count on -- Trump Always Chickens Out, no matter the stakes. ・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・ You can check out Rick Wilson at @TheRickWilson on X and @therickwilson.bsky.social on Bluesky, and subscribe to his Substack at therickwilson.substack.com. Join the fight with the Lincoln Project at www.lincolnproject.us and follow LP on X at @ProjectLincoln. If you'd like to help us continue our critical work, visit https://action.lincolnproject.us/helplp to make a difference. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:47.5	Hey, gang.
0:49.0	There's an elephant in the room today that is also a delicious treat.
0:54.0	It's the taco. Trump always chickens out.
1:02.4	So by now you've heard the acronym that Wall Street has applied to Donald Trump. Tacco.
1:10.0	Trump always chickens out.
1:12.9	These Wall Street guys who, for many of their moral failings, begin to spot patterns
1:18.7	in financial maneuvers.
1:21.2	They begin to spot patterns in economic moments.
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