Overview
- At a Las Vegas roundtable Thursday, the president paused on prepared remarks and asked what a “corner store” is, then asked who wrote the line.
- Audience members laughed and video of the exchange spread widely on social media, where critics cast it as a sign of cognitive decline.
- During the same event, he said middle- and lower-income Americans do not think in terms of tax deductions, contrasting them with wealthy taxpayers.
- He also called war-related price increases “fake inflation” as he claimed the economy is performing better than in his first term.
- The appearance was meant to promote his “No Tax on Tips” policy, which lets tipped workers deduct up to $25,000 in tips, yet the ad-lib overshadowed the tax message.