'TACO Thursday': Internet tears into Trump after he ditches attack

President Donald Trump was mocked online Thursday after reversing course on attacking Iran.

Trump backed down after saying Thursday morning on his Truth Social platform that he had ordered the U.S. military to hit Iran "very hard tonight," but then he changed his mind.

"Based on the fact that discussions with the Islamic Republic of Iran have been brought to the highest level of Iranian leadership and approved, I have, as President of the United States of America, cancelled the scheduled strikes and bombings against Iran this evening," Trump posted.

The internet reacted to the president's move.

"TACO!" Stock trader Tom Hearden wrote on Bluesky.

"Taco Thursday, y'all," journalist and radio host Kai Ryssdal wrote on Bluesky.

"Trump cancels his Iran escalation and pulls back on Bill Pulte. Looks like we've got a 2-for-1 TACO Thursday special going on," columnist David Rothkopf wrote on Bluesky.

"Trump says he has called off continuing strikes on Iran, saying this time there is a deal & 'final points have been, in both concept and great detail, approved by all parties involved.' He also says US naval blockade 'will remain in full force' until deal is signed," Abigail Hauslohner, Financial Times U.S.-Mideast foreign affairs correspondent, wrote on X.

"How many times are we going to do this," Tommy Vietor, co-host of Pod Save America and former Obama administration official, wrote on X.