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Trump touts 'no tax on tips' and sweeping tax cuts at Las Vegas rally
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Summary
President Donald J. Trump used a Las Vegas campaign rally to spotlight a recently passed tax package — repeatedly highlighting 'no tax on tips', no tax on overtime and Social Security changes — and showcased brief testimonials from hospitality workers and a local police officer who said they benefited.
President Donald J. Trump used a Las Vegas rally to tout a recently enacted Republican tax package and to highlight what he called the benefits for tipped workers, seniors and small businesses.
Trump said the policy piece he called "no tax on tips" began as a suggestion from a waitress and became part of the larger package he repeatedly described as the "great big beautiful bill." "There would be no tax on tips," he said, presenting the change as central to the administration’s message to Nevada hospitality workers.
The case for the package was reinforced onstage by an administration official introduced by Trump as Secretary of the Treasury Scott Besson, who told the crowd the administration’s measures had been claimed by millions of filers and urged people to sign up for so-called "Trump accounts" intended to seed savings for newborns. "Within 24 months, President Trump's idea became the law of the land," Besson said, and he directed listeners to trumpaccounts.gov for details and to consider changing withholding to reflect the new rules.
Local workers and community figures offered brief testimony. Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Officer Cruz Littlefield said the elimination of taxes on overtime had eased his household finances after the birth of a child and made him more present with his family. Erin Phillips, cofounder and CEO of the nonprofit Power to Parent, praised federal tax credit scholarships and protections for women's sports in the legislation. Bridal Cassell, identified as a bartender and makeup artist, and a longtime bartender introduced by the president as "Miss Hartman," also thanked the administration for the changes.
Trump's remarks mixed policy claims, political arguments and statements about the broader economy. He credited the package with producing large refunds and more take-home pay, citing aggregate figures during his speech: he said 53,000,000 filers had taken advantage of at least one signature tax cut and that over 51,000,000 seniors now paid no federal tax on Social Security income. He also described individual refund examples and large investment inflows; those are his public statements at the event and are reported here as such.
The rally included broader political and foreign-policy remarks from Trump about inflation and recent military actions; those remarks were delivered as commentary and were not accompanied by formal administration memos or new policy documents at the event.
The event closed with Trump reiterating the policy points and urging support for Republican candidates in the midterm elections. No formal votes or official actions were taken at the rally.
