President Donald Trump sparked a lot of chatter online after firing back at a reporter who asked him about a brutal yet tasty-sounding acronym his tariff policies have inspired.
But body language experts think the president’s nonverbal responses also gave viewers quite a lot to chew on.
On Wednesday, a reporter told Trump that some Wall Street analysts are dismissing his tariff threats with the slogan “TACO,” which stands for “Trump Always Chickens Out.” The mocking acronym references the fact that Trump has announced high tariffs, only to back off shortly after.
The president’s on-again, off-again tariffs have caused markets to tumble and then rise again. The TACO acronym was coined by The Financial Times’ Robert Armstrong.
When the reporter asked Trump to weigh in on the term, the president concluded by sharply chiding her: “Don’t ever say what you said. That’s a nasty question. To me, that’s the nastiest question.”
