From tacos to penguins, Trump finds punchy slogans can also be weapons

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From tacos to penguins, Trump finds punchy slogans can also be weapons

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump’s punchiest political phrases are often the most successful, such as “one big beautiful bill” to sell his legislative priorities, “radical left lunatics” to brand his opponents and, of course, the winning MAGA campaign slogan to “make America great again.”But snappy summaries can also be used to attack complex policies, including threatening Trump’s deal-making reputation. After Trump imposed tariffs on uninhabited Antarctic islands, critics adopted seized penguins as protest mascots. Separately, a newspaper columnist coined the acronym TACO, for “Trump always chickens out,\" to summarize his on-and-off tariffs during trade negotiations.“Once a clever insult sticks, trying ..