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Capitol: TRUMP Returns to Scene of The Crime & Wants His Face on Mt. Rushmore
TRUMP Wants His Face on Mt. Rushmore PLUS His Idea of Eliminating Federal Income Tax
TRUMP Serenaded by Republicans on First Visit to Capitol Since January 6
GOPs Sing Happy Birthday to TRUMP 78 on Friday, Who Called Convention Host Milwaukee Horrible
Pelosi condemned Trump: ‘Returning to the scene of the crime’
The Guardian 14 JUN 2024
TRUMP Wants His Face on Mt. Rushmore
A convicted felon next to Abraham Lincoln at Mount Rushmore? It could happen if former President Donald Trump eliminates the federal income tax, an idea he reportedly floated Thursday.
Trump floated the radical idea of an “all tariff policy” that would lead to the elimination of the federal income tax, reporter Emily Wilkins reported on X.
"Also discussed using tariffs to leverage negotiating power over bad actors, per another person in the room," Wilkins tweeted.
Democrats quickly seized on the reporting, saying the former president's idea helps the rich.
"Donald Trump wants to completely eliminate income taxes on the wealthy and replace them with what would effectively be enormous new taxes on working families," Rep. Don Beyer wrote in response to Wilkins. "The rich pay far less, working people pay far more."
Trump Serenaded by Republicans on His Birthday
Trump went to the US Capitol to rally congressional Republicans in his first visit since 6 January 2021, when his supporters descended on the building in an effort to overturn the 2020 presidential election result in Trump’s favour.
A packed room full of House Republicans sang Happy Birthday to Trump, who turns 78 on Friday.
Reports emerging from the meeting attributed radical policy proposals and a variety of freewheeling comments across a range of topics to the former president, including a description of Milwaukee – which will host next month’s Republican national convention at which Trump’s nomination will be made official – as a “horrible city”.
The comment could be politically awkward given Milwaukee was chosen because Wisconsin, the state in which it sits, is expected to be a key battleground in November’s election.
Trump also reportedly raised the idea of imposing an “all-tariff policy” that would eventually replace income tax, according to CNBC.
The proposal suggested that Trump – who raised import tariffs during his presidency, at one point triggering a trade war with China – was contemplating a vastly more protective regime if he wins re-election.
Mainstream economists condemned it as unworkable. “Broadly substituting tariffs for income tax is a sure way to hit hard low and middle income Americans and reward [the] top,” David Kamin, a professor at New York University law school and former member of the Biden and Obama administrations, wrote on X.
Trump also reportedly urged the party to talk “correctly” about abortion – reflecting a concern that the issue could be a major vote-winner for Democrats following the US supreme court’s decision in 2022 to overturn Roe v Wade, which had guaranteed the constitutional right to an abortion.
The matter should be left to the states to decide rather than subject to a nationwide ban, said Trump – who has repeatedly claimed credit for the annulment of Roe v Wade. He added that he supported exceptions to restrictions in the case of rape, incest or threats to the life of the mother.
In a bizarre digression, the president revisited his long-running feud with Nancy Pelosi, the former Democratic House speaker. He cited one of Pelosi’s four daughters – whom he described as “a wacko” – as saying he and Pelosi could have been “perfect together” in different circumstances.
He did not name the daughter and expressed reservations over his difference with Pelosi, who is 84.
One of Pelosi’s daughters, Christine, responded on X: “Speaking for all 4 Pelosi daughters – this is a LIE. His deceitful, deranged obsession with our mother is yet another reason Donald Trump is unwell, unhinged and unfit to step foot anywhere near her – or the White House.”
The high-profile meeting was meant to set out Trump’s priorities for a second presidency, but is also expected to see him demand that the GOP further intensify efforts to overturn a recent conviction by a New York court on felony charges.
Before the meeting, anti-Trump and pro-Palestinian protesters were seen gathering outside the Capitol Hill Club. One sign visible from one protester read: “No one is above the law.” Some protesters implored Republicans entering the meeting to not “drink the Kool-Aid”.
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