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[–] SoupBrick@pawb.social 36 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Trump Always Chickens Out

It is a rage bait for him dropping the tarrifs he enacted.

[–] KurtVonnegut@mander.xyz 13 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Ah ok. Great. Although maybe this will backfire? Given Trump's notoriously fragile masculinity?

[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 30 points 1 month ago

Fascists maintain power becomes their followers think they're strong.

Turning them into a joke erodes that myth, and their support.

Enough of that, and House Reps and Senators start re-evaluating their votes.

There's very slim majorities, so it's unlikely but it's possible to see some good before midterms.

[–] JakenVeina@lemm.ee 23 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Poking his fragile masculinity is the entire point.

[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Ah yes, some rando mentioning tacos in a post Trump never reads will certainly stop his gestapo from renditioning people.

[–] hitmyspot@aussie.zone 11 points 1 month ago

No, it's a meme. Apparently it started with traders who were concerned about his tariffs affecting their trades. But then they just started ignoring what he says or claims as TACO.

Trump was aware of the meme when asked about it by a reporter.

[–] PP_BOY_@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] ReallyActuallyFrankenstein@lemmynsfw.com 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

I think the idea is, it gets under his skin as intended, but Trump's fragile ego means now he digs in even more when making terrible decision so he won't "chicken out."

[–] PP_BOY_@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Never interrupt your enemy when he's making a mistake. Trump has cost his billionaire friends more than any Democrat tax bracket ever could, to the tune of hundreds of billions of dollars.

I mean, given the apparently obvious insider trading on those moves, a lot of billionaires will take the lesson that they should just cozy up to Trump even more and get in on the real profits rather than back off and not join the feast.

[–] southsamurai@sh.itjust.works 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Chicken tacos at that.

So it goes

[–] SuiXi3D@fedia.io 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] kn33@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

Here's the quick explanation: https://youtu.be/ur2YfHY5m7U