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Trump floats new income tax cut in bid to ease bite of tariffs

Catherine Lucey / Bloomberg
Catherine Lucey / Bloomberg • 3 min read
Trump floats new income tax cut in bid to ease bite of tariffs
President Donald Trump suggested Sunday that his sweeping tariffs would help him reduce income taxes for people making less than US$200,000 ($263,107) a year, as public anxiety rises over his economic agenda. Photo: Bloomberg
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President Donald Trump suggested Sunday that his sweeping tariffs would help him reduce income taxes for people making less than US$200,000 ($263,107) a year, as public anxiety rises over his economic agenda.

Trump has previously argued that tariff revenue could replace income taxes, though economists have questioned those claims.

"When Tariffs cut in, many people's Income Taxes will be substantially reduced, maybe even completely eliminated. Focus will be on people making less than US$200,000 a year," Trump said Sunday on his Truth Social network.

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