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The "TACO" Meme Will Politically Hurt Trump — The Week in Editorial Cartoons (Update #9) [1]
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Date: 2025-05-31
“TACO” Gaining Traction
x It's trending again. Because it captures the essence of loathsome piece of shit so perfectly, TACO Trump is the meme that will not die. #TACOTrump 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣👇 pic.twitter.com/KpetDqKlaL — Bill Madden (@maddenifico) May 31, 2025
In MAGA circles, people marvel at Trump’s ability to create brands such as MAGA and dissing his political opponents by labeling them as Lil Marco, Low-Energy Jeb, and Lyin’ Ted, from which they never recover to threaten him.
The reverse has rarely been true. Until now.
Fast gaining traction among editorial cartoonists, “Trump Always Chickens Out” is an easy-to-understand meme universally applicable to any situation concerning Trump. It also threatens to undermine Trump’s ability to weasel out of any political jam by deflecting attention.
Donald John Trump has met the enemy, and his initials are… DJT!
President TACO x TACO Trump. 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣👇 pic.twitter.com/f79duEXx7a — Bill Madden (@maddenifico) May 31, 2025 Jonathan Last believes “TACO” has the potential to hurt Donald Trump: It’s simple. Trump Always Chickens Out. You can put that phrase anywhere, apply it to anything, and everyone knows what it means.
It’s meme-able. You have the slogan. You have the word mark. And you have an universally recognizable image. Hell, there’s even a pre-built emoji for it. 🌮
Hell, there’s even a pre-built emoji for it. 🌮 It’s universal. You can apply it to any situation. Trump pulls back on tariffs? TACO. Trump gives in to Putin? TACO. Trump increases the national debt? TACO.
It’s organic. No Democratic strategist came up with TACO. It’s an observation that emerged from the finance world—from the very same bros who voted for Trump in the first place. You can feel the disdain of his own supporters dripping off of it.
It hits at something deep inside Trump. It’s about his soul. It’s about his weakness. “By hitting him with TACO over and over, you (a) reveal his pull-backs as weakness and (b) dare him to go through with the stuff that will screw up the real world—and, in theory, create pain for his movement.” x David Fitzsimmons, The Arizona Daily Star @DWFitzsimmons pic.twitter.com/BXAIMUQXJv — Editorial & Political Cartoons (@EandPCartoons) May 30, 2025
Defying ICE in San Diego, CA
x This is how it’s done! FRIDAY: South Park, San Diego, neighbors weren’t having it. When ICE rolled up on an Italian restaurant in unmarked cars and started grabbing workers, the community hit the streets.
(Sound up)
[image or embed] — Christopher Webb (@cwebbonline.com) May 31, 2025 at 9:14 AM
The New Rules
So Long, Elon
You won’t be missed!
Manual Updates Posted Here
Update #9 — 1:05 am ET am ET
He’ll Always Have Qatar!
Higher Education Under Fire
x Universities under fire - © Chappatte in Le Monde, Paris 👉
https://t.co/QhJvT6Gpbd pic.twitter.com/BgVE7l9hnx — Chappatte Cartoons (@PatChappatte) May 27, 2025
Update #8 — 12:31 am ET
But You Must…
Pay to Play
Update #7 — 12:27 am ET
Corrupt-O-Matic
x Corrupt-O-matic Vending machines are here for all your quick corruption needs! Now accepting bitcoin. Please share #laloalcaraz cartoons pic.twitter.com/7EaeIcDBNI — Lalo Alcaraz (@laloalcaraz) May 30, 2025
Needed: A New Ship Captain
Update #6 — 12:11 am ET
With “Friends” Like These…
Il Duce Was More Disciplined
Update #5 — 12:08 am ET
Ha!
Well… You Asked for It
Update #4 — 11:36 pm ET
Made for Each Other
Drinks Are Free
Update #3 — 11:31 pm ET
It Wasn’t Meant to Be! lol
Yes, Indeed!
Update #2 — 11:23 pm ET
The Currency of Corruption
Leave “Big Bird” Alone
x Article by a media historian who wrote a book about the origins of public media in the US—how NPR & PBS contribute to democratic participation. Both networks provide equal access to info for every listener & viewer. Explains why the Corporation for Public Broadcasting was founded in the 1st place.
[image or embed] — Fiona "Fi" Webster 🌎🌍🌏 (@fiona-webster22.bsky.social) May 27, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Update #1 — 11:21 pm ET
Mutually Assured Destruction (M.A.D.)
The Long Goodbye
Not Entirely Unexpected
Perpetual Loser
Damn, He Looks Good
Attribution: Christopher Wyant
Will it Happen? Maybe Not.
Out of Control
x I mean, chickening out is kind of your only option when your spine is like a doggy bag of spiderwebs and wishes
[image or embed] — Jesse Duquette (@jesseduquette.bsky.social) May 28, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Of Course, He Does!
x The Contrarian pic.twitter.com/8EVcKpRTTQ — Michael de Adder (@deAdder) May 30, 2025
He Fits in Well
One-Stop Truck
Good Riddance!
Self-Inflicted Damage
Finally, Mexico Elon Musk Paid for the Wall
x A Surfeit of Cybertrucks
For @RawStory pic.twitter.com/J6BuTmTqQu — Nick Anderson/Political Cartoonist (@Nick_Anderson_) May 28, 2025
DOGE: An Awful Legacy
x "Getting rid of USAID is a very easy way of winning headlines... But if your one accomplishment in government is to rip funds away from the neediest, so that they can die, so they can be unmedicated, so that they can starve, that is a moral stain that I hope will haunt you 'til the day you die."
[image or embed] — Justin Wolfers (@justinwolfers.bsky.social) May 31, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Mission Accomplished
Brain Drain, Autocracy, Science-Phobia, and Free Speech
Brain Drain
“On the Way to Full Autocracy”
x An opinion piece in Scientific American describes the several steps on the way to full autocracy detailed in the work of political scientists—and where the United States is located on that slippery slope. Free link:
https://archive.ph/4uaT4
[image or embed] — Fiona "Fi" Webster 🌎🌍🌏 (@fiona-webster22.bsky.social) May 27, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Buffoon
Restricting Free Speech
What Could Possibly Go Wrong Between Trump and Putin?
In March 2023, Trump promised to end the Russia-Ukraine War in his first 24 hours in office. He told FOX News host Sean Hannity that the war was pointless and would not have happened under his regime.
What has happened in the four and a half months after Trump moved into the White House? Reality has set in, and it doesn’t look like the war is going to end anytime soon.
Russian Troops Massing on Ukraine Border “Russia has gathered 50,000 troops, including some of its most battle-hardened forces, on Ukraine’s northern border for an imminent offensive,” the Times of London reports.
Headed for a Divorce?
Not. Gonna. Happen.
Phew!
The Final Warning
x John Deering, The Arkansas Democrat Gazette pic.twitter.com/bxGuBsL6H4 — Editorial & Political Cartoons (@EandPCartoons) May 30, 2025
The Speaker Has Spoken
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