President Trump returned to Nevada on Saturday to thank his supporters who helped him win the state.
Trump concludes the first trip of his second administration with a Saturday afternoon rally in Las Vegas.
“I'm going to Nevada. I'm going to really thank Nevadans for voting for me because I won Nevada,” Trump said at the White House earlier this week. “It's usually a democratic vote and I just want to go out there and thank Nevadans for their vote.”
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President Donald Trump arrives on Air Force 1 at Harry Reid International Airport in Las Vegas on Friday, January 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
Trump carried Nevada by three points in the November presidential election after narrowly losing the Silver State in 2016 and 2020. He became the first Republican presidential candidate to win the state in 20 years, since President George W. Bush carried the state in 2004. Re-elected.
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The president is expected to provide details about a campaign trail promise he first made in Las Vegas last June to exclude tips from federal taxes.
President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally at Sunset Park in Las Vegas, Nevada on June 9, 2024. (Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images)
“Remember that little statement about tips?” the president said in one of his Inauguration Day speeches. “Does anyone remember that little statement? I think we won Nevada because of that statement.”
White House press secretary Caroline Leavitt told reporters aboard Air Force 1 on Friday that she had an “economically focused message” for the rally in Las Vegas.
“President Trump is talking about the promises he intends to keep and the promises he made to the American people on the campaign trail,” she added.
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The economies of Nevada's two largest cities, Las Vegas and Reno, are dominated by the hospitality and service industry. And many workers, from restaurant waiters to hotel clerks and maids to parking lot valets, rely on them for much of their income.
A “Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas” sign greets visitors to Sin City as they drive north on Las Vegas Boulevard on February 4, 2024. (Fox News – Paul Steinhauser)
But to exempt tips from federal taxes, Congress would have to pass a law, which is not easily accomplished.
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But a bill that would do just that, first introduced last summer, was reintroduced into the new 119th Congress by Democratic Sen. Jacky Rosen of Nevada and Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas earlier this month.
Trump arrived in Las Vegas on Friday night. The president's stop in Nevada follows Trump's trip to California on Friday, where he will be personally affected, meeting California Gov. Gavin Newsom and making other rounds with Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass. We toured the devastation of the Los Angeles fires with residents who joined us at the table. state authorities.
