Is 'Trump always chickens out' worth repeating?

EVERY day is “Taco Tuesday” for US Democrats this week. Ever since US President Donald Trump angrily dismissed a reporter's question about the “Trump always chickens out” trade theory — the market’s bet that Trump will back off his trade bluster — it has become a non-stop meme, complete with a taco truck to taunt Republicans.

- PAT DENNIS

I'm head of a progressive opposition research shop, so you might assume I’m celebrating this outbreak of trolling. You’d be wrong. Democrats need to drop it immediately.

I understand that the claim that “Trump always chickens out” on trade policy feels vindicating. To see his political allies on Wall Street call him weak and goad him into a Truth Social tantrum scratches a particular itch.

But this attack enrages Trump only when it’s coming from his own base — and when Democrats repeat it, they’re helping him squirm his way out of a political disaster he has created for himself.