WAITER, WE'LL HAVE MEXICANS TO GO! EASY ON THE SALSA!

By Clyde Russell

Reuters

LAUNCESTON, Australia July 9 (Reuters) - One of the clever ways to deal with the unprecedented and disruptive U.S. presidency of Donald Trump is to make up acronyms using Mexican foods.

This has given us TACO — Trump Always Chickens Out — to reflect the U.S. president's tendency to escalate a situation before retreating once the economic and ​political costs become too heavy.

Then there was EMPANADA — Everybody Makes Promises And Nobody Actually Delivers Anything — used to describe countries making outrageous and unachievable trade promises in the hope of ‌avoiding the worst of Trump's tariffs.


More recently, NACHO — Not A Chance Hormuz Opens — was popular. The vital Strait of Hormuz did sort of reopen after Washington and Tehran signed an interim peace deal on June 17. But even that partial relief is now in question after Trump said on Wednesday that the MOU was "over," reviving the risk that the waterway could again become a pressure point.

Perhaps the best Mexican food acronym for Trump is TAMALES, standing for Trump Always Messes Around, Leaves Everybody Shafted.

While this ​works on a social and political level, the sector most affected by Trump's policies and actions is commodity trade.

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