Trump Floats New Income Tax Cut in Bid to Ease Tariffs Bite

President Donald Trump 

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President Donald Trump suggested Sunday that his sweeping tariffs would help him reduce income taxes for people making less than $200,000 a year, as public anxiety rises over his economic agenda.

Trump has previously argued that tariff revenue could replace income taxes, though economists have questioned those claims.