President Donald Trump rejects the suggestion of reducing payroll taxes: "We do not need it"

President Donald Trump recounts his remarks about reducing the payroll after saying it was something he "thought" as a way to save the US economy, which he described as "tremendously good" for do not fall into a recession.

"I do not look at a tax break now," Trump told reporters as he left for Kentucky. "We do not need it, we have a strong economy."

Just a day before, during a bilateral meeting with Romanian President Klaus Iohannis, Trump had hinted that he was open to the idea of ​​imposing a reduction in the payroll.

"So it's something I think about, payroll taxes, I've been thinking for a long time about payroll taxes," he said. "Whether we do it or not now or not, it's not done because of the recession."

In saying this, the president contradicted his own advisers, who had rejected the idea that a reduction in payroll was under study.

"We are not considering anything yet," said White House deputy press secretary Hogan Gidley on Tuesday in an interview with Fox News. "He is considering tax cuts again – we think this is stimulating economic expansion."

Speaking to reporters Wednesday afternoon, Trump also defended the US trade war with China calling itself "l & # 39; elected"

In response to a question by Kyra Phillips of ABC News about the desirability of bringing Americans into recession, the president told reporters, "I am elected, someone must do and I'm attacking China for trade.And you know what? We are winning. "