To be fair, there was a time recently when Trump used the term “milk toast” to describe Kayleigh McEnaney, so using the term “milk toast” isn’t entirely unreasonable here if it’s meant to be a dig at Trump.
Also eggcorn is argued by linguists as the natural progression of language, so calling it milk toast or milquetoast is a example of how language developes and really isn’t wrong since everyone understood what milk toast means and understands what milquetoast means.
To be fair, there was a time recently when Trump used the term “milk toast” to describe Kayleigh McEnaney, so using the term “milk toast” isn’t entirely unreasonable here if it’s meant to be a dig at Trump.
Also eggcorn is argued by linguists as the natural progression of language, so calling it milk toast or milquetoast is a example of how language developes and really isn’t wrong since everyone understood what milk toast means and understands what milquetoast means.