Trump Pitches Tax Reform Ahead of Budget Resolution Vote

Existing U.S. tax code is ‘a giant self-inflicted economic wound,’ says Trump

President Donald J. Trump speaks during the Heritage Foundation's President's Club meeting in Washington, D.C. on Oct. 17. Martin H. Simon - Pool/Getty Images

President Donald Trump delivered a speech on tax reform at The Heritage Foundation’s annual President’s Club Meeting in Washington, DC on Oct. 17. He urged GOP senators to back his tax reform plan, which he called a “once in a generation opportunity.”

He said it would be hard to get Democratic votes “because they’re obstructionists.”