President-elect Donald Trump trolled Democrats for running on what he called the misguided promise of raising taxes and said they should get behind extending his historic 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.
Some aspects of the plan face expiration during the new Congress.
"It would be awfully hard to imagine" Democrats would oppose cutting taxes on Americans, but Trump told the "The Hugh Hewitt Show" on Monday morning that he could not put anything past their new-age progressive agenda "just because the they happen to dislike Republicans" or him.
"You know, in the old days, politicians would get up and talk about tax cuts, right? 'We will cut your taxes; we will cut your taxes': That was like a sure way to get elected."
But this Democratic Party has lost its "confidence" and lost its way on helping working-class Americans, according to Trump.
"Because the Democrat Party is so loused up, it's so terrible and so, they've lost their confidence," Trump continued. "They've lost a lot of confidence. But they get up, and they're the only party I've ever heard that say we're going to raise your taxes."
Portions of the 2017 tax cuts are expiring and Trump has talked about making them permanent, but he has narrow majorities in the House and Senate and might need to rely on some level of support from Democrats.
"With that being said, I can't imagine that they would not approve: This would be the largest tax increase in the history of the world, OK, let alone in this country," Trump said. "And I can't imagine the Democrats would do that to this country, and do that to the people just because they happen to dislike Republicans or me."
Eric Mack ✉
Eric Mack has been a writer and editor at Newsmax since 2016. He is a 1998 Syracuse University journalism graduate and a New York Press Association award-winning writer.
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