Trump says wealthy people are willing to pay more in taxes: 'We've had a very good run'

Donald Trump.
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Donald Trump says if he is elected president, he expects taxes for the wealthy to go up.

During an interview Sunday on This Week, the presumptive Republican nominee said his tax plan is just a starting point for Congress. "On my plan they're going down," he said of taxes. "But by the time it's negotiated, they'll go up. We're going to submit the optimum. That's what I'd like to get and we'll fight for it. But from a practical standpoint, it's going to get renegotiated. And in my opinion, the taxes for the rich will go up somewhat."

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Catherine Garcia, The Week US

Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.