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Trump says Biden will 'also raise your taxes', Angry Internet reminds him that he spent $142 million on golf

'Trump has spent $142 MILLION taxpayer dollars to play golf. This is the equivalent of 355 YEARS of presidential salary'

President Donald Trump once again blasted former vice president Joe Biden in a tweet saying that the Democratic presidential candidate will ALSO raise your taxes.

Sharing a compilation video of Biden's interviews, Trump tweeted, "Biden will also raise your taxes like never before. Sad!" And in no time, Democrats noticed the 'ALSO' in the statement.

As furious Americans started slamming the President and said, "We’re trying. Glad you admit the last 4 years have been garbage," and "The more you lie the more desperate you sound. We can literally smell your panic and fear..."

Another reminded, "Never forget -This is Trump’s pandemic -This is Trump’s economic crash -This is Trump fomenting a race war -This is Trump’s violence -This is Trump’s America that he has “fixed” in his image. Don’t get distracted. Americans are dying everyday because of Trump. #TrumpRiots"

A user spilled the numbers and said, "Trump has spent $142 MILLION taxpayer dollars to play golf. This is the equivalent of 355 YEARS of presidential salary. (And by the way, several million of those taxpayer dollars, at least, have gone into his own cash registers.)" "MORE TRUMP LIES Biden has already said he will not raise taxes on those earning under $400,000 a year! How many earn less than $400K annually? Most people! The majority of Americans will NOT see tax increases under Biden. His plan focuses on the ultra rich and corporations," said another user pointing out at Trump's lies.

Another Internet user shared an article by The Guardian and claimed facts, saying, "The fears of ordinary workers in regard to those promised higher wages were realized. Just 6% was spent on workers. The bulk of the $150bn tax cut put into the hands of corporations in 2018 went into shareholder dividends and stock buy-backs."

"Our focus is on helping the folks who work in the mailrooms and the machine shops of America," Trump told supporters in the fall of 2017. "The plumbers, the carpenters, the cops, the teachers, the truck drivers, the pipe-fitters, the people that like me best." "It will be rocket fuel for our economy," he promised.

But it didn't work out in that way as, Corporate tax revenues fell 31% in the first year after the cut was passed. Overall tax revenues have declined as a share of the economy in 2018 and 2019, since the tax cut took effect. The federal deficit in 2019 went to $984 billion, an extraordinary figure at a time when the country is not mired in recession or widespread war. 

"It was unbelievable at the time (when Trump made big promises about the tax cuts), and it's proven to be absolutely untrue," said Maya MacGuineas, president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget. "The tax cuts were never going to — and have not — come anywhere close to paying for themselves."