The following article by Glenn Kessler was posted on the Washington Post website November 30, 2017:
In short, no. The president would benefit mightily from either version of the GOP tax bill. (Meg Kelly/The Washington Post)
“This is going to cost me a fortune, this thing, believe me. This is not good for me. . . . I think my accountants are going crazy right now.”
— President Trump, remarks on tax plan, St. Charles, Mo., Nov. 29, 2017
There have been many times when we have thrown patently ridiculous claims made by the president into our database of false and misleading claims, only to decide later that we need to do a full fact check because the president keeps repeating the falsehood. Continue reading “President Trump says the tax bill will ‘cost me a fortune.’ That’s false.”