Few things are more pathetic than an irrelevant House member desperately vying for attention, and Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) painted his masterpiece of cringe on Monday while doing just that. 

In a very ill-advised TikTok video, Swalwell can be seen trying to troll President Donald Trump by eating a taco. I’ll explain the background on that “joke” momentarily, but even without it, one can admire the sheer level of social awkwardness on display. 

Imagine being the staffer who had to film this. 

(Warning: Language)

What a douche pic.twitter.com/qCLrX9e5LO

— Karli Bonne’ 🇺🇸 (@KarluskaP) June 2, 2025

Once again, we see a Congressional member who got the focus group memo that they need to cuss a lot to seem relatable and cool. That aside, though, when the person behind the camera asks, “Why the **** is Trump always chickening out on tariffs,” Swawell tries to pick up his taco, but it sticks to the paper. After he works through that dilemma, he takes a large bite, at which point tomatoes start falling out of the backend. He then takes another bite, and the entire taco falls apart in his hands. All of this is set to weird 1950s-era sitcom music just to make sure it’s as mock-worthy as possible. 

So what’s this about? There was a report that some Wall Street types were calling Trump “TACO” as an acronym for “Trump always chickens out” regarding tariffs. A reporter then asked the president about it, and he didn’t appreciate the question, to put it lightly.