- Trump hasn't laid out an economic plan for a second term, according to a top GOP economist.
- "He has no economic plan. I don't mean that I don't like it. It doesn't exist," Glenn Hubbard, former chair of the Council of Economic Advisors under President George W. Bush, told Bloomberg.
- Trump has struggled to lay out a second term agenda throughout the year.
- A recent analysis from a nonpartisan group indicated permanently extending parts of the 2017
Trump tax cuts would grow the federal deficit by $1.1 trillion.
A top Republican economist says President
"He has no economic plan. I don't mean that I don't like it. It doesn't exist," Glenn Hubbard, former chair of the Council of Economic Advisors under President George W. Bush, told Bloomberg.
Hubbard said Trump could have discussed issues like fiscal reform or trade, but hadn't done so.
"Anybody who says they know what Trump would do in a second term, I don't know where they're getting that from," he said.
Trump has struggled to lay out a vision for a second term throughout the year, even when asked by friendly hosts on Fox News. He's boasted about building the strongest
The president hasn't specified a re-election agenda on the economy. He's called for a middle-class tax cut without offering specifics. He also wants Congress to forgive the payroll
Trump has also expressed support for another large stimulus package after the election, though his position has veered wildly over the past month.
The nonpartisan Tax
The center also said the Trump campaign would not provide further details on other proposals the president has brought up in speeches, such as tax breaks for domestic production.
"Although TPC could not estimate the effects of those proposals, their impact is generally clear: They would reduce taxes for certain businesses," the organization said.
Meanwhile, the Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden is campaigning on sharply increasing taxes on the richest Americans and corporations to fund a suite of ambitious plans on healthcare, childcare, education, and housing. But he's repeatedly pledged to not raise taxes on households earning below $400,000.