DNC taco truck stunt trolling Trump backfires on social media with Vance, GOP: 'Can't fix stupid'

The Democratic National Committee (DNC) parked a custom-wrapped nutrient motortruck successful beforehand of the Republican National Committee office successful Washington, D.C., successful an effort to troll President Trump implicit his tariff policies.

The stunt received wide mockery from conservatives. 

The DNC utilized the acronym TACO for "Trump Always Chickens Out" to provoke Trump's ire. The operation was coined by Wall Street analysts erstwhile referring to Trump's tariff policies, suggesting Trump volition locomotion backmost the steep reciprocal tariffs helium announced successful April. 

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"Trump ever chickens out. We’re conscionable bringing the tacos to match," DNC Chair Ken Martin told Fox News Digital of the effort. 

The determination did not impressment conservatives connected societal media who highlighted it arsenic an illustration of Democrats struggling with their messaging during Trump's presidency.

JD Vance and different Republicans blasted the DNC implicit its taco motortruck lawsuit connected Tuesday. (Getty/Fox News Digital)

"The enactment that brought you the hugely palmy ‘Dark Brandon’ and ‘Republicans are Weird’ campaigns are present going each successful connected ‘TACO,’" Washington Free Beacon newsman Chuck Ross posted connected X. 

"We person the lamest absorption successful American history," Vice President JD Vance posted connected X. 

"Democrats are doing what they bash best: inexpensive gimmicks, escaped handouts, and I wouldn't beryllium amazed if they stuck america with the bill," Western Regional & National Hispanic property caput Christian Martinez posted connected X. 

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Vice President JD Vance sits for an interrogation with Fox News main governmental anchor Bret Baier successful South Carolina. (Fox News/Special Report)

In a connection to Fox News Digital, NRCC spokesperson Mike Marinella mocked the DNC for parking the motortruck astatine a religion a artifact away. 

"Looks similar the Democrats took a interruption from warring amongst themselves to signifier a pathetic stunt," Marinella said.  The astir embarrassing part? They couldn’t adjacent get the determination right. You can’t hole stupid." 

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"LMFAO," Zach Parkinson, RNC communications director, told Fox News Digital. "A taco truck? Are they going to beryllium giving retired escaped vasectomies again, too? These radical are morons. No wonderment Democrats’ support standing is astatine a historical low."

Abhi Rahman, the DNC's lawman communications director, took purpose astatine Vance's X post, telling Fox News Digital Democrats cognize Vance is the "cringiest VP successful American history."

"We recognize that JD Vance, the cringiest VP successful American past who cannot bid a donut similar a mean quality being, prefers to instrumentality nutrient distant from people, including 40 cardinal Americans whose SNAP benefits were conscionable scrapped successful the GOP budget," helium said.

President Donald Trump speaks during an lawsuit connected vigor accumulation successful the East Room of the White House April 8, 2025, successful Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Earlier this week, blimpish commentators took purpose astatine a TikTok posted by Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., successful which helium is filmed eating a taco successful an effort to mock Trump's tariff strategy, and some declared it "cringeworthy."

Fox News Digital’s Breanne Deppisch contributed to this report.