Trump Loses Patience With SALT Demands

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President Donald Trump is growing frustrated with demands to significantly boost the cap on the state and local tax deduction, according to a senior administration official, signaling a deadlock as Republicans aim to quickly pass a giant tax-cut bill.

Trump told lawmakers in a meeting on Tuesday not to let the SALT deduction or differences over social safety-net cuts impede the bill. But afterwards members of warring factions told reporters they were still dug in in opposing the bill unless their changes are made. 

Trump urged Republicans from New York and other high-tax states to wait to try to raise the SALT limit further until after Congress is done with the tax legislation, the official said, a proposal that is likely to draw backlash from SALT lawmakers who see the president’s “one big, beautiful bill” as their sole shot to address a political priority that dates back to 2017.

Trump is also losing patience with a faction of conservative hardliners pushing for deeper cuts to Medicaid health coverage for the poor and disabled, the official said. The president implored Republicans to stick together and pass the bill the official said, adding that Trump expects every Republican to vote for the bill on the floor.
Trump told lawmakers in a closed-door meeting on Tuesday he wants to keep the SALT deduction limit at $30,000, the level in the draft legislation. That’s three times the current $10,000 cap.

In that meeting, Trump singled out the lawmakers from New York, New Jersey and California who have rejected the $30,000 deduction limit, saying it is insufficient to win their votes.

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