'No bueno': Data analyst presents number that's 'quite troubling for Trump'
CNN's Harry Enten presented a data point that showed how deeply the mocking "taco" nickname had penetrated the public consciousness.
The president suffered a major loss this week in his trade war when the U.S. Court of International Trade blocked his tariffs as unauthorized, but an appeals court reinstated them while his challenge plays out.
"I'm a Buffalo Bills fan, so I know what losing feels like," Enten said, "and I will tell you that the courts have halted Trump's agenda a huge number of times. What are we talking about? We're talking about at least 181 times that they have temporarily, at least temporarily, halted Trump's agenda. That is a huge number. To give you that in percentage terms, in over 50 percent of the cases that are presented to courts, the Trump administration agenda has been halted, at least temporarily. So Donald Trump tries to do these actions with his administration, but the courts have been saying hold on, wait a minute here."
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Wall Street investors have been using the "TACO" acronym, which stands for "Trump always chickens out," to ride out the president's on-again, off-again tariff policy, and reports about their strategy – buy the dip when markets recoil from his announcements and then sell when they rebound when he backs off his threats – circulated earlier this week.
"Is this actually entering the mainstream culture, and we we can see this right here in Google searches," Enten said. "The top term that was googled with Donald Trump on Thursday was, it was 'taco.' It was 'taco' indeed. Get this: The terms Trump and taco googled together, up through the roof. Get this: 9,900 percent increase on Thursday versus Tuesday. So if you are wondering whether or not this 'Trump always chickens out' and the acronym 'TACO' actually has entered the mainstream, well, Google gives it away, 100 percent has."
"This to me is quite troubling for Donald Trump because obviously he trades on his name," Enten added. "He trades on the idea that he does what he says, and if all of a sudden you're associating 'Trump always chickens out' with Donald Trump, well, that is no bueno."
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