David Pivnick

Yeah, I'll start with it from a bit of a side angle, which is I find the whole attack on that front and the coining of the phrase taco, you know, one part clever and one part incredibly stupid. The one part that's clever about it is Clearly, the folks who are pushing it recognize fully that it's the kind of thing that will get under President Trump's skin, will irritate him, will make him unhappy.

Yeah, I'll start with it from a bit of a side angle, which is I find the whole attack on that front and the coining of the phrase taco, you know, one part clever and one part incredibly stupid. The one part that's clever about it is Clearly, the folks who are pushing it recognize fully that it's the kind of thing that will get under President Trump's skin, will irritate him, will make him unhappy.

Yeah, I'll start with it from a bit of a side angle, which is I find the whole attack on that front and the coining of the phrase taco, you know, one part clever and one part incredibly stupid. The one part that's clever about it is Clearly, the folks who are pushing it recognize fully that it's the kind of thing that will get under President Trump's skin, will irritate him, will make him unhappy.

And they're doing it, clearly, to tweak him and to get under his skin. And so from that standpoint, you can see how it's a little bit clever because they're sort of succeeding politically. in their goal.

And they're doing it, clearly, to tweak him and to get under his skin. And so from that standpoint, you can see how it's a little bit clever because they're sort of succeeding politically. in their goal.

And they're doing it, clearly, to tweak him and to get under his skin. And so from that standpoint, you can see how it's a little bit clever because they're sort of succeeding politically. in their goal.

The flip side of that is the very people who are doing that are the same people who in the next breath would tell you what they don't like about President Trump is that he's mercurial and unpredictable and potentially will lash out. It seems weird to criticize the tariffs and criticize the approach and then do something that is almost affirmatively prodding President Trump

The flip side of that is the very people who are doing that are the same people who in the next breath would tell you what they don't like about President Trump is that he's mercurial and unpredictable and potentially will lash out. It seems weird to criticize the tariffs and criticize the approach and then do something that is almost affirmatively prodding President Trump

The flip side of that is the very people who are doing that are the same people who in the next breath would tell you what they don't like about President Trump is that he's mercurial and unpredictable and potentially will lash out. It seems weird to criticize the tariffs and criticize the approach and then do something that is almost affirmatively prodding President Trump

to take stronger action to avoid the taco name sticking. I feel like the very folks who are upset about tariffs and how things have played out are creating a situation where they're almost priming the pump for President Trump to take a harder stand. So from that standpoint, I find it just...

to take stronger action to avoid the taco name sticking. I feel like the very folks who are upset about tariffs and how things have played out are creating a situation where they're almost priming the pump for President Trump to take a harder stand. So from that standpoint, I find it just...

to take stronger action to avoid the taco name sticking. I feel like the very folks who are upset about tariffs and how things have played out are creating a situation where they're almost priming the pump for President Trump to take a harder stand. So from that standpoint, I find it just...

Clever in part, but almost too clever by half or too cute by half, where they're potentially going to make the problem they're worried about worse.

Clever in part, but almost too clever by half or too cute by half, where they're potentially going to make the problem they're worried about worse.

Clever in part, but almost too clever by half or too cute by half, where they're potentially going to make the problem they're worried about worse.

You might be right, and that's not a point I would argue. What I would say is if that's the case and you are right, I find that disappointing and somewhat intellectually bankrupt of those folks, because it's folks who are, again, fundamentally opposed to President Trump. And I think the most typical criticism that I hear about President Trump is some variation of

You might be right, and that's not a point I would argue. What I would say is if that's the case and you are right, I find that disappointing and somewhat intellectually bankrupt of those folks, because it's folks who are, again, fundamentally opposed to President Trump. And I think the most typical criticism that I hear about President Trump is some variation of

You might be right, and that's not a point I would argue. What I would say is if that's the case and you are right, I find that disappointing and somewhat intellectually bankrupt of those folks, because it's folks who are, again, fundamentally opposed to President Trump. And I think the most typical criticism that I hear about President Trump is some variation of

He doesn't really care about what's good for the country. He's self-interested and he just wants the chaos or to protect his own self-interest.

He doesn't really care about what's good for the country. He's self-interested and he just wants the chaos or to protect his own self-interest.