US President Donald Trump dismantles Air Force 1 at Harry Reid International Airport in Las Vegas, Nevada on January 24, 2025.
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President Donald Trump will use Saturday’s stop in Las Vegas to provide details on how to exclude tips from federal taxes, allowing a city built on the gambling and hospitality industry to enjoy bringing back greater appeal. I’m betting.
Trump has vowed good things in his campaign promises and will give a speech at the Circa Resort & Casino, according to the Culinary Coalition, which represents about 60,000 hospitality workers in Nevada. The union supports eliminating the tax on tips, but says Trump’s proposal doesn’t go far enough.
His appearance is intended to energize supporters and strike a tone of appreciation. But it comes as part of a trip in which Trump has already picked a series of political battles.
He saw the storm damage firsthand Friday and heard harrowing stories from survivors of last fall’s Hurricane Helen in North Carolina. In Los Angeles, he saw the devastation from wildfires that may be one of the most costly natural disasters in the country’s history.
Trump toured the hard-hit area by helicopter and walked through streets where every house was reduced to charred rubble in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood.
The president signed an executive order in North Carolina that eliminated the federal emergency management agency and proposed leaving disaster response and recovery to affected states.
“You are no longer forgotten. You were treated very badly by the previous administration,” Trump said of the Biden White House.
The Republican president then criticized California’s water policy, suggesting that funding to rebuild after the fires should depend on imposing voter ID requirements on the state and rethinking conservation efforts.
“I’ll be the president who helps you fix it.
In Nevada, by contrast, Trump said he wanted to celebrate being the first Republican presidential candidate to carry the state since George W. Bush in 2024. “I’m going to Nevada to thank them.”
It’s a familiar background to talk about tips and taxation. As a candidate, Trump announced the idea at a rally in Las Vegas last June. This is a proposal later copied by Democratic opponent Kamala Harris.
White House press secretary Caroline Leavitt said Saturday’s event would be a message “focused on the economy, and President Trump intends to maintain what he made to the American people on the campaign trail.” We’re talking about a promise.”
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates that there are 2.24 million restaurant servers nationwide, with tips accounting for the majority of their income.
In Las Vegas, the 24-hour economy has everyone from wait staff and valet parkas to hotel maids and casino dealers collecting tips. Nevada has the highest concentration in the country, with only about 25.8 waiters and waitresses per 1,000 jobs, followed by Hawaii and Florida.
However, not paying federal taxes is likely to be difficult to implement in the short term and would require an act of Congress.
Ted Papgorge, secretary-treasurer of the Culinary Union, said Trump’s plan “must not end.”
“Eliminating the tip tax and ending the $2.13 subminimum wage, a reality in too many states across the country, will give millions of hospitality workers a bump,” Pappageorge said. I am. He said many employers, knowing that their workers earn tips, offer hourly wages that are much less than the federal minimum wage and expect them to make up the difference.
“Taking care of both issues is critical to ensuring that workers have enough to support their families,” Papagage said in a statement.
