Trump to seize populist mantle for pitching messy tax overhaul [View all]
Source: Politico
President Donald Trump will launch a major push for a sweeping tax overhaul with a speech Wednesday in Missouri aimed at convincing his base — and the rest of the nation — that he has a fresh vision for “unrigging” the American economy and isn’t just repackaging the trickle-down economics of past Republican presidents.
It could be a tough sell for the president as he fights with saturation coverage of Hurricane Harvey and as Democrats prepare to frame Trump’s approach as a giveaway to corporate fat cats and the nation’s richest taxpayers.
Wednesday’s speech in Springfield is being built around the sale of tax reform as a populist policy, according to five senior administration officials.
The tax speech is being drafted by senior White House aide Stephen Miller, a leader of the nationalist wing of the administration. In Trumpian style, he'll try out new phrases for selling the policy like "Jump-start America" and "Win again."
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