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Donald Trump: “We ended up taking in much more revenue than we did at 39%.”

Featuring: Donald Trump, Republican | President of the United States | National

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Donald Trump and Keir Starmer Discuss Humanitarian Aid, Trade Deals, and Energy at Turnberry, Scotland

Published | Video Starts at 26:58

You know, in my first tax bill, we cut taxes from 39% down to 22%. And we ended up at the end of the first year, the first year when it was still a little raw, We ended up taking in much more revenue than we did at 39%. It was pretty amazing. And we're taking in a lot of revenue right now. And this was an additional tax cut. So I find, for whatever it's worth, tax cuts are very good. (26:58–27:03)

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Asserts that more revenue was collected after reducing taxes to 22%.

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