Trump Touts Tax Relief at Campaign Event in Swing New York District

The president promoted a tax deduction that he said would benefit residents of high-tax states at an event in New York’s Hudson Valley.

President Donald Trump delivers remarks at Rockland Community College in Suffern, N.Y., on May 22, 2026. Samira Bouaou/The Epoch Times

SUFFERN, N.Y.—President Donald Trump highlighted a tax deduction enacted in his signature law last year at a campaign event for Rep. Mike Lawler (R-N.Y.) in New York’s Hudson Valley on May 22. 

The president highlighted the quadrupling of the state and local tax deduction (SALT) under the One Bill Beautiful Bill Act.