Fake news ‘President’ Donald Trump tweeted out fake news again on Wednesday while Hurricane Irma is barreling down on the Atlantic. The former reality show star calls out networks which are critical of him to label them as ‘fake news’ but he is the main purveyor of false information. With Trump in such a powerful position, he should already know the tax rates ahead of his upcoming trip to North Dakota to discuss tax reform. Nevertheless, Trump again claimed that the U.S. is the highest taxed nation in the world, despite data to the contrary.
“Will be going to North Dakota today to discuss tax reform and tax cuts,” he tweeted. “We are the highest taxed nation in the world – that will change.”
Will be going to North Dakota today to discuss tax reform and tax cuts. We are the highest taxed nation in the world – that will change.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 6, 2017
The Organizations for Economic Cooperate and Development’s date shows that the U.S. is behind in regards to taxation in countries such as the U.K., Germany, and France.
The US is not the highest taxed nation in the world. https://t.co/mLgXE9T67r https://t.co/ruszDNuthe
— PolitiFact (@PolitiFact) September 6, 2017
Internet users called out the so-called president on his blatant lie.
Not true. We aren’t the highest taxed nation in the world.
— John de Guzmán (@johndeguzman) September 6, 2017
Trump gutted disaster relief funding because he wanted to give higher tax breaks to the rich at the expense of the poor and vulnerable.
— Eugene Gu, MD (@eugenegu) September 6, 2017
Taxes pay for things like repairing damage from hurricanes, Don.
— Lee Loughnane (@lee_loughnane) September 6, 2017
Do you know what would be amazing? If you could get one single fact right. That’s what.
— Emma Kennedy (@EmmaKennedy) September 6, 2017
Trump has repeated this lie at least four times now.
Nope. Wrong again Donald. https://t.co/LMQozXZhBw
— Emma Kennedy (@EmmaKennedy) September 6, 2017
exactly pic.twitter.com/eAtcIEY88Q
— Matt (@RobboRobson21) September 6, 2017
Just a friendly reminder that this claim is a blatant lie. You should seriously google it sometime.
— Benjamin L Corey (@BenjaminLCorey) September 6, 2017
“We are the highest taxed nation in the world” … if we exclude all the other countries in the world
— Scott Vine (@iOverlord) September 6, 2017
For the umpteenth time, Trump repeat this lie. He’s incorrigible. U.S. isn’t close to being the highest taxed nation https://t.co/9TYotRmyxy https://t.co/AoGPq0kf9j
— Steven Greenhouse (@greenhousenyt) September 6, 2017
Trump is never one to let facts get in his way.
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