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William Watson: TACO Trump vs. CAFE Carney — Carney Always Funds Everything

Donald Trump has TACO: Trump Always Chickens Out. An acronym to summarize Mark Carney's governing style would focus on travel and spending

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TACO is the acronym for “Trump Always Chickens Out,” the conclusion many people drew when the U.S. president backed down from his first round of steep tariffs last spring after the stock market tanked. (You’d think the mnemonic for that would be TGIF-ISM: Trump’s Greatest Influencing Factor Is the Stock Market.)

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