ABC “This Week” host George Stephanopoulos pressed Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump on Sunday to concede that he would save millions of dollars under his proposed tax plan.
Trump unveiled his tax plan last week, during which he said that the plan would cost him a fortune. The plan would eliminate income taxes for many Americans and lower them for the highest-income earners.
Stephanopoulos asked Trump Sunday about the plan’s specifics, and noted that he would actually save millions of dollars.
“Everybody’s going to save, according to my plan. And you know where that money’s going?” Trump said.
“You’re not going to be paying more taxes though,” Stephanopoulos said.
Trump said that the money would go back “into other things.”
“You’re going to get a tax cut,” Stephanopoulos stated.
“I don’t know because I have very big deductions that are frankly some of them are ridiculous,” Trump said. “You’re entitled to deductions, so I don’t know that I am.”
“But not 605 million dollars worth,” the ABC host interjected.
Trump refuted that he would save any money under the proposed plan.
“I think that probably I’ll end up paying more under this, to be honest, I don’t think I’m going to,” Trump said. “If you look at all of the kinds of deductions that people are allowed to take, that you’re not going to be taking anymore including carried interest that’s just one of them, I think I probably don’t do as well.”
Back-and-forth banter persisted until Stephanopoulos said, “Bottom line — you do accept that you are going to make out well under your tax plan.”
Trump held firm.
“I don’t know I mean if the economy is good, if the economy is great, everybody makes out well,” he said.
tRUMP is befuddled by his own bullshit.
He’s only able to offer subterfuge in response to any question from the media peanut gallery.
Guess they’ll just have to “leave it there”…as they say on all those stupid shows.
“I don’t know”. That’s the answer have gave several times when asked how his tax plan would affect him. Him…and he does not know. I’m no fiance guy but I think if you don’t know how something financial is going to impact you ( and you are a money guy ) you really don’t know shit. My father used to say " no one is advocating change to the tax laws that doesn’t allow them to pay less".
Trump has to be the most audacious con artist to appear in public in this country. That so many have told pollsters they would vote for him is not a testimony to the intelligence of American voters. I’m just hoping that the 30% or so of the voters that seem to want him to be president represents the maximum that he can attract, and may be a pretty constant level of ignorant voters in the country.
I just hope and pray that the staff at ABC used Trump’s inflated and announced self-worth to come up with the figures. It would be karmic justice.
Doesn’t that piss you off. It does me