Trump couldn’t stick to a consistent policy position on guns, taxes or Greenland this week
President Donald Trump offered a head-spinning range of policy positions this week, contradicting aides and even himself multiple times on gun control, tax cuts and his interest in buying Greenland.
By signing up you agree to receive email newsletters or alerts from POLITICO. You can unsubscribe at any time.Trump contradicts his aides, confirming to reporters in the Oval Office that he is considering a payroll tax cut, among other things. “I’ve been speaking to everybody about it. And we don’t want to see crazy people owning guns,” he tells reporters ahead of a campaign rally. “But I also want to remember that mental illness is something nobody wants to talk about. These people are mentally ill and we have to study that also.”
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