Wednesday, August 30, 2017

Trump overlooks aide while talking tax

US President Donald Trump has made his first major tax reform speech but in a long list of thank yous he didn’t mention Gary Cohn, the White House point man on taxes who travelled with Trump to the event.

Cohn recently criticised Trump for his comments about violence at racially charged protests in Virginia earlier this month.

He asked his daughter Ivanka Trump, who is not a Cabinet member but is a staff member, to stand and be recognised in his speech at a manufacturing company in Springfield.

“Anybody I forgot?” Trump asked.

Cohn, who stood next to the stage during the speech with Sanders, has worked side-by-side for months with Mnuchin developing Trump’s tax reform strategy.

“It’s pretty standard practice for us not to specifically call out staff,” Sanders told reporters afterward. “He regularly mentions Cabinet members but very rarely mentions staff in speeches.”

Source: Trump overlooks aide while talking tax | Perth Now


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