President Trump visited Las Vegas on Saturday afternoon to discuss his agenda for American workers and highlight his “no tax on tips” policy as the first week of his second term.
Speaking from the Circa Resort and Casino, Trump appealed to Sin City's countless hospitality workers during his speech.
“Workers who rely on tips [as] Your income, your tips, will be 100% yours,” Trump said.
The Republican, who had previously touted the policy as a 2024 campaign promise, also addressed Nevada Gov. Joe Lombardo during his speech and asked him candidly about how important the issue would be during the November election. .
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President Donald Trump speaks about the economy during an event at the Circa Resort and Casino in Las Vegas on Saturday. (AP Photo/John Rochell)
“Do you think it affected the election?” Trump asked. “What, half a point? That's pretty big… More than 4 million workers rely on tip income, including an estimated 700,000 single mothers.”
“And here in Nevada…think about it. A quarter of the typical restaurant worker's pay comes from tips. I didn't know that,” Trump continued.
The president then addressed the affected workers as “some of the very citizens who were hit hard and hard by the destruction of the Biden economy that was inflation.”
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President Donald Trump makes remarks about his policy to end the Las Vegas tip tax. (Mandel ngan/AFP via Getty Images)
“When I think of Biden, I think of incompetence and inflation,” Trump said of his former opponent, who took office on Monday.
Earlier this week, Trump said he would visit Nevada to “thank” voters for electing him in the November election, as the silver state historically votes blue.
“I'm going to Nevada. I'm going to really thank Nevadans for voting for me because I won Nevada,” Trump said at the White House earlier this week. “It's usually a democratic vote and I just want to go out there and thank Nevadans for their vote.”
President Donald Trump gestures to the crowd at an economic event at the Circa Resort and Casino in Las Vegas. (Reuters/Liamiris)
In Saturday's speech, Trump also touted some of the promises his administration has already offered. His included dismantling federal diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) practices.
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“We got rid of the woke crap,” Trump told the cheering audience. “A lot of crap… you know, these people were petrifying it. I tell you, these companies, they run these big corporations, they petrified it. ”
Fox News Digital's Sophia Compton contributed to this report.
