It’s official: Donald Trump is once again pulling a TACO — Trump’s Always Chickens Out — this time on the very trade deals he’s been bragging about for months.
Remember when Trump promised ninety trade deals in ninety days? It was classic Trumpian bluster, served up with extra bravado and zero details. Businesses and markets braced for impact, hoping to finally get some clarity on where Trump’s chaotic tariff threats were headed.
Well, the 90-day clock has run out. And guess what? Trump has delivered only a tiny handful of agreements — and is now moving the goalposts yet again. The new self-imposed deadline? August 1.
This matters. Because Trump’s scattershot trade policy isn’t just some political sideshow. It’s a direct assault on the economic stability that American businesses — big and small — need to operate and thrive.
Businesses Needs Predictability. Trump Delivers Chaos.
Businesses rely on stability. They need to know the rules of the road — the cost of their supplies, the markets where they can sell, the prices they can charge. A functioning trade policy gives them that certainty so they can plan investments, hiring, and growth.
Instead, Trump’s tariff mania has left American businesses swinging between panic and confusion. One day he’s slapping a massive tariff on European goods. The next, he’s tweeting that “a HUGE deal is almost done.” Days later, it turns out the deal isn’t done at all — and tariffs might even go higher.
This week, when pressed on why his promised “90 deals in 90 days” have evaporated, Trump brushed it off as “fake news” and insisted negotiations were “moving beautifully.” But businesses are reading the fine print — and they’re not seeing any real deals. They’re seeing more uncertainty, more costs, and more risk.
Tariffs Aren’t Strength. They’re Economic Self-Sabotage.
Let’s be clear: tariffs are taxes. American consumers and businesses pay them — not foreign governments. Every time Trump boasts about “making other countries pay,” he’s hiding the truth: the bill lands right here at home.
His tariffs on steel, aluminum, electronics, and countless other goods have raised prices across supply chains, hurting manufacturers and consumers alike. And each time he floats another “deadline” for his trade deals, markets whipsaw in response. Farmers lose export markets. Retailers can’t plan inventories. Manufacturers delay expansion.
Trump’s ever-shifting rhetoric violates the single most basic principle of business: predictability.
Another Deadline. Another realization that TACO.
Moving the tariff deadline to August 1 is Trump’s way of avoiding political accountability for his own failed promises. He’d rather keep dangling the illusion of a grand “deal-making” triumph than admit the obvious: his trade policy is a train wreck.
But here’s the thing — this isn’t just some harmless political theater. Real people and real businesses are getting hurt. The longer Trump drags this out, the higher the costs for working Americans who ultimately foot the bill for his erratic policies.
So, as the new August 1 “deadline” looms, don’t hold your breath. Trump’s track record is clear: big talk, few results, and endless moving targets.
We’ll keep watching. We’ll keep holding him accountable. And we’ll keep telling the truth — even when Trump and his allies want to silence the facts.
We’re Not Going Anywhere
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