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Trump signs tax cut in "rush job" Oval Office signing event
Scraps plan for more formal ceremony after the new year
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President Donald Trump shows off the tax bill after signing it in the Oval Office of the White House Friday in Washington. - photo by Associated Press
WASHINGTON — In the end, Donald Trump's top achievement as president— a $1.5 trillion tax overhaul — was finalized in a "rush job" of an affair. And that was OK with him.None of the members of Congress who muscled through the biggest tax overhaul in 30 years were in the Oval Office on Friday as Trump signed the measure into law. That's because the president was not pleased with news coverage that morning questioning whether he would get the bill signed before Christmas.
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