Trump Discards Policies With Aim to Please Voters

“At his convention speech last month, former President Donald Trump declared that his new economic agenda would be built around a plan to eliminate taxes on tips, claiming that the idea would uplift the middle class and provide relief to hospitality workers around the country,” the New York Times reports.

Said Trump: “Everybody loves it. Waitresses and caddies and drivers.”

“While the cost and feasibility of the idea has been questioned by economists and tax analysts, labor experts have noted another irony: As president, Mr. Trump tried to take tips away from workers and give the money to their employers.”

“The reversal is one of many that Mr. Trump has made in his bid to return to the presidency and underscores his malleability in election-year policymaking.”