Donald Trump finally admitted there have been negative consequences to his immigration crackdown ― and California Gov. Gavin Newsom was ready to pounce.
On his Truth Social platform Thursday, Trump said he’d been hearing complaints from “our great Farmers and people in the Hotel and Leisure business” about his mass deportation agenda.
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“Our very aggressive policy on immigration is taking very good, long time workers away from them, with those jobs being almost impossible to replace,” Trump acknowledged before claiming that “Criminals” are now “applying for those jobs.”
“This is not good,” he wrote, promising, “Changes are coming!”
Newsom ― who has been railing against the president since Trump called in the military to suppress immigrant rights protests in Los Angeles ― immediately shot back: “Turns out, chasing hard working people through ranches and farms and snatching women and children off the streets is not good policy.”
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A short time later, Newsom posted a video saying that Trump had once again reversed course on policy, a pattern that has inspired the phrase “Trump Always Chickens Out,” or TACO.
“MAJOR WIN: Trump just reversed course on immigration. We’re watching closely — and we’ll hold him to it,” Newsom posted. “This happened because you spoke up. Keep it going. Keep it peaceful. It’s working.”
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It’s not clear that Trump, despite promising “changes,” has actually reversed course on any of his policies toward immigrants.
In the meantime, people on social media weren’t exactly celebrating the president’s epiphany.
