Donald Trump used his 78th birthday party on Friday to promise deeper tax cuts if he wins the Nov. 5 U.S. election and 추천 to make vague predictions of future attacks on U.S. soil after the arrest of Tajik nationals with suspected ISIS ties.
Speaking to thousands of supporters at a convention center in West Palm Beach, Florida, the Republican candidate vowed to further cut the corporate tax rate he lowered while president, while also providing tax relief to the middle class.
Trump, who is locked in a close rematch race with President Joe Biden, a Democrat, did not provide specifics. Trump slashed the corporate tax rate to 21 percent from 35 percent and implemented several other tax breaks that are due to expire next year.
“I want to make them permanent, and then I’m going to reduce taxes by still more,” Trump said, without offering a plan to offset the possible decline in revenue. “I want to get it down still further, and especially for the middle income people.”
Trump, who made a hardline stance on immigration a centerpiece of his administration and has vowed a wide-ranging crackdown if reelected, again lambasted Biden’s efforts to curb the flow of migrants crossing into the U.S. illegally.
Trump highlighted the recent arrests of eight people from Tajikistan in New York, Los Angeles and Philadelphia who, according to a person familiar with the investigation, had suspected links to the extremist group ISIS.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said the people had been arrested in coordination with the FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Forces and were being held on immigration charges, though the agency did not confirm the possible ISIS link.
“Our country has never been in danger like it is in danger right now,” Trump said, claiming without evidence that thousands of terrorists were pouring into the United States. “Our country is going to pay a steep price for many, many years.”
Biden has toughened his approach to immigration as it emerged as a major political vulnerability for him. Earlier this month he instituted a broad asylum ban on migrants caught illegally crossing the U.S.-Mexico border.
Republicans in Congress earlier this year rejected a bipartisan effort to toughen immigration rules after Trump told them not to pass it and give Biden a political win.