A Fox News host attempted to defend Donald Trump on Wednesday against claims that his agreement to a ceasefire with Iran represents the latest example of the TACO rule.
But to do so, Griff Jenkins made up another acronym also inspired by Mexican food.
The term “TACO,” short for “Trump Always Chickens Out,” was coined by Wall Street analysts last May who associated it with Trump’s habit of announcing huge tariffs that cause the markets to plummet only for the markets to rise again after Trump reverses course days later.
The spicy and insulting acronym has also been used recently to describe Trump’s mercurial nature in regards to Iran.
For instance, Tuesday’s threat that “a whole civilization will die tonight” unless Iran reopened the Strait of Hormuz followed by the ceasefire agreement could be TACO to a tee.
But Jenkins decided to spice things up on Wednesday’s episode of the Fox News show “Outnumbered” with another Mexican food-inspired acronym.
And ― spoiler alert ― this one’s pretty cheesy as Trump acronyms go, literally and figuratively.
“The world’s leading sponsor of terror, Iran, has been, militarily, effectively defeated. Eighty percent of their air defenses are down, 90% of their weapons factories have been hit, according to Chairman Caine,” Jenkins began.
“But you mentioned the eight previous conflicts that Trump tackled,” he continued, noting Democrats are “already saying that this is TACO.”
“Let me give you another acronym — NACHO. Never avoids confronting hard obstacles.”
Fellow panelist Harris Faulkner seemed to get another message from Jenkins’ acronym.
“I’m hungry,” she said, and co-host Emily Compogno immediately agreed.
Jenkins lobbied his co-hosts for more praise.
“I made that up on my own,” he said.
“That’s pretty good,” co-host Kayleigh McEnany said.
You can see the exchange below.
A few people on social media came up with their own Mexican food-inspired acronyms for Trump ― but they weren’t as sycophantic as Jenkins.