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Trump Heads to Missouri for Speech on the Tax Code

HeadlineAug 30, 2017

President Trump is headed today to Springfield, Missouri, where he’ll give a speech calling for an overhaul of the tax code. Trump has proposed slashing the corporate tax rate from 35 percent to a mere 15 percent and cutting taxes for the richest Americans. Trump’s tax overhaul efforts are being led by two multimillionaires: Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and National Economic Council Director Gary Cohn. Both are former Goldman Sachs bankers.

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