Fact-check · Sep 10, 2026 · Donald Trump
“President Trump and Republicans in congress also passed the largest middle class tax cuts in American history”
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What the record shows
The 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act provided middle-income earners the largest percentage reduction in tax liability among income groups (13.2-13.6% for $50K-$100K earners), but over 80% of total benefits went to corporations and high-net-worth individuals. Independent analysis states the cuts were 'nowhere near the largest in U.S. history.'
Sources
- ICYMI: IRS Data: Middle Class Americans Saw Biggest Tax Reduction from Trump Tax Cuts | U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa
- The middle class needs a tax cut: Trump didn't give it to them | Brookings
- Republicans Jam the Middle Class with the Most Fiscally Irresponsible Bill in American History | House Budget Committee Democrats
- President Donald J. Trump Achieved the Biggest Tax Cuts and Reforms in American History – The White House
- IRS data proves Trump tax cuts benefited middle, working-class Americans most
- Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
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