Trump softens the increase in taxes to the rich and says GOP shouldn't do it

President Trump publicly alleviated his private advance on the Republicans of the House of Representatives on Friday to increase taxes to wealthy people and to provide tax benefits that will benefit private equity executives as part of a megabill to carry out his agenda.

“The problem with a” tiny “tax increase for the rich that I and everyone else would graciously accept to help the workers of the lower and middle income is that the radical lunatics of the left democrat would scream”, read my lips “, the sign of the fabulous quote from George Bush, the oldest who chose the choice,” wrote Mr. Trump on his social -Social -social social. “The Republicans probably shouldn't do it, but I'm okay if they do it !!!”

On Wednesday, Mr. Trump privately asked the spokesman Mike Johnson to create a higher tax class for those who earn more than 2.5 million dollars a year. He also said that he supported the closing of the so-called interest rates that control the hedge fund, private equity and risk capital efforts to pay only about 20 percent for their profits, which corresponds to about half of the highest income tax rate.

The request complicated the task of the Republicans when they strive to put together a domestic legal board that they would like to push through the congress this year. Departments within the party on potential reductions in Medicaid and other popular social programs that can pay for it, and the tax cuts that are to be included have delayed the development of the package and threaten the support of the SAP support. And Mr. Trump's abrupt and sometimes fleeting demands for the legislative template hung about the conversations, with the GOP legislators hesitate to cross him, but to make sure where he will ultimately be.

Mr. Trump is not constitutionally entitled to apply for a further election, in contrast to President George HW Bush, who was known to have accused of having broken his campaign obligation, no new taxes.

But the Republicans are in office before Mr. Trump's first four months, far before the intermediate elections in the congress. And many do not want to vote that would be used by Democrats as a weapon against them.