Huh? With Congress Gone, Trump Asserts ‘Major’ Tax Cut Will Be Done By November

WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 17: U.S. President Donald Trump presents the Medal of Honor to retired Marine Sgt. Major John L. Canley during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House October 17, 2018 in Washington, D... WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 17: U.S. President Donald Trump presents the Medal of Honor to retired Marine Sgt. Major John L. Canley during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House October 17, 2018 in Washington, DC. Previously awarded the Navy Cross, two Bronze Stars and the Purple Heart, Canley, 80, was awarded the Medal of Honor for his heroism during combat in the Battle of Hue during the 1968 Tet Offensive in Vietnam. (Photo by Chip Comodevilla/Getty Images) MORE LESS
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President Donald Trump on Saturday made the dubious — at best — claim that his administration is working “round the clock” to pass a “very major tax cut for middle-income people” … by Nov. 1.

“We are looking at putting in a very major tax cut for middle-income people,” Trump said Saturday. “And if we do that it’ll be sometime just prior, I would say, to November.”

“We are going to be putting in, and are studying very deeply right now, round the clock, a major tax cut for middle-income people,” he added.

Asked for a timeline, Trump said: “I would say sometime around the first of November, maybe a little before then.”

That’s essentially impossible, since Congress will be out of session until Election Day. As Vox points out: “We have no idea what he’s talking about.”

The Washington Post found one unnamed White House source willing to anonymously say that the President “has pushed congressional leaders to introduce another tax cut package before the Nov. 6 election,” in the paper’s words.

Trump said Saturday that “Kevin Brady (R-TX) is working on it, Paul Ryan (R-WI) is working, we’re all working on it.”

But a spokesperson for Brady, who is the House Ways and Means Committee chairman, was unable to comment on any specifics of the yet-nonexistent proposal.

“There is continued interest in building on the success of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act and constantly improving the tax code for hard-working families and America’s small businesses,” the spokesperson, Rob Damschen, told the Post.

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  1. He’s signing a decree, creating a new break for the people. He’s going to double the last tax benefit to $3.00!! Go King Trump !!!

  2. Avatar for 1gg 1gg says:

    We know he thinks he rules by divine right but somebody needs to remind him that the House controls the purse strings.

  3. I keep hoping that someday people in the media will simply start calling out these dictatorial inclinations for what they are. But seeing how difficult it has been for them to refer to the lies he says as “lies” and not simply “misleading statements” etc., I’m not optimistic.

  4. Avatar for j.dave j.dave says:

    Just another brick in the wall of lies … one more thing to pin on those dangerous Democrats when it fails to materialize.

  5. This is red meat to his base… you know…

    The morons.

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