Only I can fix it · 2016 campaign · № 16
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").