Donald Trump used his 78th birthday on Friday to promise deeper tax cuts if he wins the US election on November 5 and to make vague predictions about future attacks on US soil following the arrest of Tajik citizens allegedly linked to ISIS.
Before thousands of supporters at a convention center in West Palm Beach, Florida, the Republican candidate promised to further cut the corporate tax rate he reduced while he was president, while offering tax relief to the middle class.
Trump, who is locked in a tight rematch race with President Joe Biden, a Democrat, did not provide specific details. Trump slashed the corporate tax rate from 35% to 21% and implemented other tax breaks that expire next year.
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“I want to make them permanent, and then I’m going to cut taxes even more,” Trump said, without offering a plan to offset the potential drop in revenue. “I want to lower them even more, and especially for middle-income people.”
Trump, who has made a hardline stance on immigration a centerpiece of his administration and has promised a sweeping crackdown if re-elected, again lashed out at Biden’s efforts to stem the flow of immigrants crossing illegally into the United States. .
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 alleged ties to the extremist group ISIS.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said the people had been detained in coordination with the FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Force and were being held on immigration charges, although the agency did not confirm the possible link to ISIS.
“Our country has never been in danger like it is now,” Trump said, claiming without evidence that thousands of terrorists were entering the United States. “Our country is going to pay a very high 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 established a broad asylum ban on immigrants who illegally cross the U.S.-Mexico border.
Congressional Republicans earlier this year rejected a bipartisan initiative to tighten immigration rules after Trump told them not to pass it and handed Biden a political victory.
(Reporting by Nathan Layne in Wilton, Connecticut, and Jeff Mason and Ted Hesson in Washington; Editing by Colleen Jenkins, Leslie Adler, Rod Nickel and William Mallard, Editing in Spanish by Juana Casas)
