A sudden urge for tacos came upon us, so we called Lupe's East LA Kitchen and they delivered two chicken tacos and two fish tacos with salad, rice, and beans.
I'm not in the habit of making political predictions, but I'm going to go out on a limb here and make one: TACO will do more damage to Trump than Robert Mueller and Jack Smith combined.
I think it's wonderful that a common food, found virtually everywhere in Trump's home town, New York City, is about to become the symbol of the resistance and will soon be displayed on hats and T-shirts throughout the world. (Just don't wear one when passing through customs.) New York should change its nickname from the Big Apple to the Big Taco. (Taco Town works, too.) It would drive Trump more berserk than he already is.
Before they remove the Southwest Taco Bowl and fish tacos from the menu at Trump Grill in Trump Tower, may I suggest that you call them at (212) 836-3249 and have a taco bowl sent to the MAGA official of your choice. (Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. rents a home in Katonah, NY. The address pops up in a Google search.)
If you've fallen behind on the news, TACO stands for "Trump Always Chickens Out." A reporter at the Financial Times came up with the acronym to explain how investors should handle Trump's on-again-off-again tariff threats (though it can apply to his other policies as well). When Trump threatens a huge tariff, markets crash. When he chickens out and calls off the tariff, markets soar. So investors should buy on the dip.
When a reporter asked Trump about TACO at a recent press conference, he didn't like it. "I chicken out?" Trump said. "I've never heard that.... Don't ever say what you said.... That's a nasty question. To me, that's the nastiest question."
A simple inquiry about his economic policies was all it took to humiliate Trump and strike at the core of his faux-machismo.
And now that TACO is catching on, Trump will be seeing tacos everywhere. It will be forbidden food in the White House, and it's only a matter of time before he signs an executive order banning the sale and consumption of tacos.
In the meantime, the very thought of tacos makes me hungry. Which is why we ordered chicken and fish tacos from Lupe's East LA Kitchen last night. Boy, were they good.
If they ban tacos here we'll move to Mexico.
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