Only I can fix it · 2016 campaign · № 16

Only I can fix it

Only he could fix the complex tax laws

“I know our complex tax laws better than anyone who has ever run for president and am the only one who can fix them. #failing@nytimes”
Said
, Post on Twitter, responding to the New York Times report on his $916 million 1995 loss
Subject
the tax code
Topic
Taxes & deficit
Era
2016 campaign

What happened

The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act he signed on Dec. 22, 2017 cut rates but left in place the carried-interest break he had promised repeatedly to eliminate; PolitiFact rated that pledge Promise Broken ("it remains on the books").

Sources

  1. Tweets of October 2, 2016 The American Presidency Project, Oct 2, 2016
  2. Tweet: 'I know our complex tax laws better than anyone... and am the only one who can fix them.' Twitter (@realDonaldTrump), Oct 2, 2016
  3. Trump-O-Meter: Eliminate the carried interest loophole PolitiFact, Dec 20, 2017