Trump bets his tax cuts will please Las Vegas voters on his swing West
Workers who earn tips and overtime are seeing bigger returns this tax season, but those savings and others resulting from the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” that Trump signed last year have been eaten away by higher gas pricesdriven by the
The president recalled in his remarks how a woman in
“Every single American at every income level has more money in their pockets this week because of the Republican tax policies,” Trump said. “And we got to win the midterms. If we don't, these policies are going to be taken away from you.”
The president’s rare trip out West comes as Trump faces growing political pressure to wrap up the war and focus on a message that helps his party as they try to defend their congressional majorities in November’s elections. Trump insisted before departing from the
On Friday, Trump will hold an event in
Vegas, once known for affordable living, feels economic pain
In
But it’s also a city of commuters, including the tipped workers who drive to their jobs at glitzy casinos. Gasoline is averaging
“I gotta spend over
But Goodman, who voted for the president, said she thought he is “doing a pretty good damn job,” and doesn’t blame him for high gas prices, which she portrayed as just a fluctuation. As a bartender, she said she personally appreciated the tax savings on tips she brings home.
“Every little penny nowadays is, like, huge,” she said. “You’ve seen diesel, right?
Tax refunds are offset by gas prices
The
“Tens of millions of Americans are benefiting this tax season from the president’s signature provisions” in the tax law, said
Even so, the conflict has made things less affordable.
Trump's economic message focusing on the tax breaks has also been drowned out this week by distractions from the president himself, who angered even some of his own supporters when he got into a public fight with the pope and posted a now-deleted image on social media depicting himself as Jesus.
It takes a lot of repetition for a message like promoting the tax bill to break through to voters, but Trump’s tendency to drift into other subjects can dilute that, Bonjean said. Trump, who has at times dismissed affordability concerns as “a hoax,” and “con job” from
“He absolutely has to talk about his plan to bring down high gasoline costs, or else he’s lost his own message. It won’t be credible just to talk about no taxes on tips,” Bonjean said.
When will gas prices come down?
While the president has said he thinks the war with
Trump on Sunday said in a
By Wednesday, in another
“When that’s settled, gas prices are going to go down tremendously,” Trump said.
Hours later at the
“I’m optimistic that sometime
“Something has to change, and it has to change fast,” Spica, a bellman at the Cosmopolitan of
“The policies of this administration are hurting Las Vegas,” he said.
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