Trump posted on social media that hiking taxes on anyone, even the rich, could stir a political backlash, reviving the “Read my lips: No new taxes” warnings of the Bush-era that helped topple a president. The post came days after he floated the idea of higher taxes on those single filers earning $2.5 million and above.

President Donald Trump says he'd be fine raising taxes on rich people like him, but he's still warning his party not to do it. In a Truth Social post on Friday morning, Trump said that Republicans "should probably not" increase taxes on the wealthy,

Days after he privately encouraged Speaker Mike Johnson to increase tax for the wealthy in a bill to fulfill his agenda, he publicly said it could be a bad idea, one that was ‘OK’ with him.