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Economist slams Trump’s latest tax cut demand as 'major strategic error'

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump shakes hands with U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) as he meets with House Republicans on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., November 13, 2024. REUTERS/Brian Snyder

Economist slams Trump’s latest tax cut demand as 'major strategic error'

President Donald Trump on Monday urged the House of Representatives to renew his tax cuts.

This comes as the GOP-controlled Congress attempts "to overcome internal differences on how to pay for" the president’s "sweeping tax cuts, with hardline conservatives determined to reduce an annual federal deficit approaching $2 trillion," according to Reuters.

READ MORE: Trump’s expiring 2017 tax cuts made income inequality worse and especially hurt Black Americans: study

Aisha's Hanse, a senior national correspondent for Fox News, reported via social media: "TRUMP calls on Congress to renew his tax cuts — 'We got to get that done. And we don't want to get hung up on the budget process. We just want, whether it's one bill, two bills, I don't care.'"

Michael R. Strain, director of economic policy studies & senior fellow for the American Enterprise Institute, wrote: President Trump’s decision not to provide leadership on the legislative strategy is a major strategic error that could come back to haunt him.”

Semafor congressional bureau chief Burgess Everett commented: "The easiest way to get hung up on the Budget process is to not pick how to execute the budget process"

READ MORE: Here’s why the cost of extending Trump’s tax cuts just surged by nearly $1 trillion

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