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Dear reader,
Is today TACO Tuesday?
TACO — if you were unaware — is an acronym. It represents Trump Always Chickens Out.
About which, Wikipedia:
- Trump Always Chickens Out (TACO) is a pejorative description of the perceived tendency of US president Donald Trump to make tariff threats, only to delay them later as a way to increase time for negotiations and for markets to rebound…
- By 2026, TACO was also used for Trump’s decisions in the realm of foreign policy, specifically his reversal of threats to annex Greenland…
Thus many wonder if the president will chicken out yet again. That is, they wonder if he will once again postpone his 8 p.m. deadline this evening.
Should the president not exercise the poultry option… and should Iran fail to open the Hormuz Strait to general traffic by the fatal hour… the president has pledged to reduce Iran’s power plants and bridges to rubble.
“I Am Blowing up Everything Over There”
“If they don’t make a deal,” threatened the president yesterday, “I am blowing up everything over there.”
He continued:
- Every bridge in Iran will be decimated by 12 o’clock tomorrow night, where every power plant in Iran will be out of business, burning, exploding and never to be used again. I mean complete demolition by 12 o’clock, and it will happen over a period of four hours if we wanted to, we don’t want that to happen.
And so the momentous hour closes in.
The director of Portfolio Armor, for what it is worth, does not believe TACO will prevail in the case at bar:
- There is still time for a deal but I don’t think Trump will just walk away at this point. TACO is a funny little phrase designed to irritate Trump but any serious observer should recognize there has been very little sign of cowardice in his second administration. He is focused on bringing his vision of the world to life.
In addition, one defense official informed Axios he was “skeptical” the president would offer Iran an additional extension.
Everything Could Change at Any Time
Reader beware: Events may render what you have just read yesterday’s news.
That is because of the time discrepancy between the writing and the publishing.
Thus it is possible that the president has already chickened out and announced a fresh postponement.
Or, the president has not yet chickened out — and at this point you may presume that he will not chicken out.
Nor, evidently, will Iran.
A senior advisor to Iranian Parliament Speaker Ghalibaf commented on the president’s ultimatum:
- It is Trump who has about 20 hours to either surrender to Iran or his allies will return to the Stone Age. We will not back down.
The Entire Region Could Go “Dark”
The Iranian government is also imploring the United States’ Gulf allies to insist that President Trump chicken out.
One former Iranian foreign minister warned the Arab states that the entire region would go “dark” should the president carry through.
Meantime, the Israeli government is not chickening out.
It has evidently conducted fresh aerial bombardment of Iran’s South Pars petrochemical complex.
I am informed that 85% of Iran’s petrochemical production springs from this site.
Renewed assaults are likely in prospect.
Foreign Policy and Domestic Policy Can’t Be Separated
Yet in the United States, the foreign and domestic verge. That is, foreign policy is a mere extension of domestic policy.
The president is aware of it. And reports suggest he is hot to terminate the conflict.
Reports The Wall Street Journal:
- Trump is itching to end the war, U.S. officials have said. The president realizes the American public has a limited appetite for more military operations, telling reporters Monday he would prefer to keep Iran’s oil but knows there is widespread opposition for a long-term deployment in Iran.
- In addition, Republicans are quietly telling Trump they fear rising gas prices amid a prolonged Middle East conflict — which cuts against the president’s campaign promises — could sink their chances in November’s midterm elections.
Polymarket data reveals that:
The Democratic Party presently enjoys 52% odds of reclaiming control of the United States Senate in this year’s midterm elections.
On February 27th — merely one day before the conflict commenced — Polymarket data gave the Republican Party 60% odds of retaining Senate control.
Polymarket likewise gives 69% odds that President Trump will be impeached before his term expires.
Victory vs. Defeat
“Victory has a thousand fathers, but defeat is an orphan,” runs a common expression attributed to various historical figures.
Should the United States sink Iran to its knees, should it batter Iran into surrendered submission, a thousand fathers will claim credit.
Yet if the United States falters in Iran?
Paternity tests will need be administered — as all potential sires will deny paternity of the child.
All index fingers will point to one man and one many only. “He’s the father!” they will howl.
That man is the present occupant of 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.
Thus no man is more eager for victory than he.
Yet Iran appears equally eager to deny him his victory.
One side will win, one side will lose.
Yet which?
Brian Maher
for Freedom Financial News
