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The Guardian // Business // Markets

‘Trump always chickens out’: Taco jibe ruffles president’s feathers

Thursday 29th May 2025, 3:08PM

Wall Street is increasingly betting that Trump will blink first in the tariffs stand-offTrump Always Chickens Out – or Taco for short. Investors like narratives to explain the financial world, and they appear to have seized on this one: whenever Donald Trump faces a market backlash, he will back down.It would be fair to say the US president did not take kindly to the suggestion that he was being a “chicken” when asked by a reporter at the White House about the term that is gaining traction on Wall Street. Continue reading...

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