Trump Tells Democrats He'll 'Get Killed' Financially in GOP Tax Bill

[DonViejo]

Source: NBC News




NOV 8 2017, 7:33 AM ET

by LEIGH ANN CALDWELL

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump called 12 Senate Democrats Tuesday, hoping to sway them in favor of the Republican tax cut bill, and told them he would personally "get killed" financially by the GOP bill. He said the wealthy need a repeal of the estate tax, according to multiple people who were present.

"My accountant called me and said 'you're going to get killed in this bill,'" the president said during a phone call from his trip in South Korea. He was apparently trying to increase Democratic support by claiming the bill would hurt wealthy taxpayers like himself, making the point that only the repeal of the estate tax would provide him any benefit.

Many of those Democrats are from states Trump won in 2016.

After the call with Trump ended, the meeting, which included his legislative affairs chief Marc Short and economics adviser Gary Cohn, turned into a sparring match between Democrats and White House officials over a politically broken Senate and who is to blame, multiple senators who attended the meeting said.

Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/trump-tells-democrats-he-ll-get-killed-financially-without-estate-n818706

[lagomorph777]

1. Oh, that bill will be the death of him politically.

But obviously not financially.

[BumRushDaShow]

2. "President Donald Trump called 12 Senate Democrats Tuesday"

WTF? Why would any of them do anything for him?

[ehrnst]

6. Delusional? Maybe he thinks he can sell them on lies like he does small contractors? (nt)

[BumRushDaShow]

10. Egotistical

He thinks "everyone loves him" so he can bullshit his way into getting what he wants. And if he doesn't get what he wants, he can then insult them via twitter as many times as he wants with no repercussions.

[Fred Sanders]

13. Trump gets the estate tax relief and minimum tax relief. Billions for him and his swamp cabinet.

How stupid are his moronic base not to see that?

[BumRushDaShow]

16. He needs that to bail Jared out of

$500,000,000 of debt for 666 5th Avenue.

[sarge43]

30. Tactics 101: Do not tell your enemy what could harm you.

"He's sooo easy", 12 Democratic Senators

[BumRushDaShow]

33. He is dysfunctional

and his bubble-world won't let him see that.

[sarge43]

41. He only listens to the voices in his head

[BumRushDaShow]

42. THIS

[sarge43]

43. *Blush

[BumRushDaShow]

45. 😁

[Rollo]

54. Only if grunts and snorts count as voices...

[wolfie001]

3. Pathological Liar In Chief! nt

[woodsprite]

40. He's like the "Boy who cried wolf"

He's lied so many times that nobody listens to him anymore -whether it's another lie or the truth. And let's face it, he is incapable of telling the truth. He'd sooner climb a flight of stairs 5 miles high without a railing in order to tell a lie, rather than stand on the ground and tell the truth.

When he talks, all I hear is the voice of Charlie Brown's teacher.

[forgotmylogin]

49. He's like Bre'r Rabbit.

"Oh, whatever you do, don't pass this tax bill...it'll KILL ME! <snicker> Why, if this tax bill passes, I'll be so poor I'll have to QUIT THE PRESIDENCY! <chuckle> <I can't look without smiling, Paul, tell me if they're buying it...> PLEEEZE don't enact that tax plan. <ho hoo ha hahaha!>"

[dhol82]

4. Is his mouth open?

He is lying.
Bigly.

[exboyfil]

5. Release your tax.returns

And we can verify your statement.

[ehrnst]

7. Hiding one's tax returns from voters smells to high heaven. (nt)

[HopeAgain]

8. Exactly

I wonder if any of those Democrats said that to him?

[AZ8theist]

23. yup..

You'll "get killed financially"???

Prove it.

Lying asswipe.

[forgotmylogin]

50. He'll get killed by the dumptruck of money

that overturns hauling his windfall to the bank!

[Fred Sanders]

9. Trump LIES! Why hide your tax return then? Folks take notice when you hide things and lie.

And did he really call Democrats and pretend this? I that no he is just doing what he always does...pander to his base and prepare to blame Democrats for refusing a fake "middle class tax cut".

[Roland99]

11. If bullshit could walk, Trumps words would win the NYC marathon

by an hour and a half.

[Xipe Totec]

12. My accountant called me and said 'you're going to get killed in this bill,'

Uh, isn't there supposed to be some kind of blind trust or something, so that the President does not act based on his personal financial interests?

Does this idiot understand the implications of what he says?

[sandensea]

15. He revels in his kleptocracy - and what's worse: his zombies wish they could be just like him.

A weak man's idea of a strong man, as they say.

[unblock]

53. good point!

but then, ethics are only for democrats....

[Maeve]

14. show us your taxes and prove it eom

[NewJeffCT]

17. how is he getting killed either way?

especially with the estate tax repeal in the GOP bill.

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

34. My understanding is that he was saying he gets killed under the CURRENT system so needs bill passed.

Why he thinks the Democrats would be motivated to pass this bill to help Trump's family's pocketbook (instead of the opposite) I'll never know.

[Bengus81]

18. Announcing now that it's off until 2019.........

I think that's a blurb I heard off the tube............ROFLMMFAO!! Trump KNOWS that POS tax bill will run the debt up sky high and be a DISASTER in the elections next November.

[n2doc]

22. Only parts, and that is only the Senate version n/t

[bucolic_frolic]

19. Roll out the Financial Guillotine

it should get good TV ratings

[muntrv]

20. Twittler will get killed by the Paris Hilton tax?

[n2doc]

21. Shame they didn't all respond "You Lie!" n/t

[PatrickforO]

24. LOL, it ain't the tax bill that's gonna 'kill' you, Donnie! It's the

TREASON, collusion, money laundering, obstruction of justice and your trampling of the emoluments clause of the Constitution.

You are the most corrupt motherfucker who has EVER disgraced the White House, and you are going down. The wheels of justice grind slow, but they will grind you up.

[rurallib]

25. this so-called "accountant" has to be the dumbest accountant in Murica

Must be named John Miller or John Barron or something like that.

[kwalter66]

44. Accountant

Hmmm, is it customary for your account to get a rush copy of house bills?

[redstatebluegirl]

26. I swear this moron ran for President just to get rid of the estate tax

and lower the corporate tax.

[lark]

27. Lires x 1,000,000,000

The bill is especially designed to personally benefit him and the Mercers. If it doesn't benefit him, it would never be proposed by him.
Example - pre-election, China is a very bad currency manipulator. Afterwards, when China gives him and Ivanaka 100's of trademarks, well, now they are such good guys. It's always done like that by these frauds and criminal grifters.

[DinahMoeHum]

28. Excuse me while I reach for a Kleenex. NOT.

[ffr]

29. What a nothingburger. Hit the road Dotard. No really, literally.

[RKP5637]

31. More BS from President Dotard. n/t

[gibraltar72]

32. Please don't

throw me in that briar patch.

[Initech]

35. We need the Sad Hulk Music for this one!

&list=RDQM_7oqpQzdRe4

[maxrandb]

36. "Believe Me"

In the Navy, the tell was any story that started with "this is a no-shitter".

That meant there was a "Sea-Story" coming.

With Donnie "Short Fingers" (his mob name), the "tell" is..."Believe Me"

[Happyhippychick]

37. "I appreciate the call, sir. Fuck you very much!"

That would be my response.

[appleannie1943]

38. He is so full of shit instead of fertilizing stuff, he burns it to death.

[Stuart G]

39. Proof Again, that he is lost in the sea of stupidity while on the ship of insensitivity

Only someone totally lost, would have the arrogance to say what is in the original post. It makes him look even more stupid and insensitive. With a history of lying and never acknowledging mistakes who would believe him?

If..and I say if, Trump had released his taxes for the last 10 years, or the last 5 years, and his holdings and real net worth, maybe then we might be able to believe him....BUT...very unlikely

But he has done the opposite. He has released no taxes, and has shown none of his total net worth.

But most important, for him to say what he said, as a very rich man, that he would be hurt by the bill, is so insensitive and idiotic to definitely prove he is a moron. The Democrats know that the bill was created to help the rich, and for Trump to lie about that, is beyond moronic. Trump has no clue....none

Yes, I choke when I say this, but Bush Jr. had advisors that he would listen to, and not do something this stupid. This one event makes Bush Jr. look ...SMART.. or at least .."SMARTER THAN TRUMP"

[kwalter66]

46. Oh no

How on earth can one be expected to survive on a mere few billion? Oh the horror!

[Maxheader]

47. cheetos sez..

I will take one for the home team..to make america great again
i will (picture cross) sacrifice .

[tinrobot]

48. "Get killed"? right. More like "Make a killing"

n/t

[Yonnie3]

51. If this were true I'd cheer.

Since we haven't seen his tax returns, who knows what the true effect would be? I have a guess and it is not what he says.

45's alternative fact universe is unfathomable.

[Cary]

52. He tells 5 or 6 lies a day

[jmowreader]

55. Trump believes everyone but him is stupid, but this is ridiculous

Trump's entire life is structured as a pass-through entity - all his businesses pay taxes at Trump's personal tax rate, which is 39.6 percent. His homes are Organization property. His automobiles, his ill-fitting clothes, his inedible meat - all Organization property. The Trump tax plan reduces the rate on pass-through entities to 25 percent.

The only thing that is going to "personally get killed" by this tax plan is his political career. As we saw last night, the American People have had it up to here with General Secretary Trump and they're displaying their displeasure at the only place it really counts: the ballot box.