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Trump on income tax, a new Iran nuclear deal, election day in Canada & more

CNN 5 Things

CNN

Daily News, News

4.31.2K Ratings

🗓️ 28 April 2025

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Summary

President Donald Trump has an ambitious plan to eliminate income tax for Americans. We'll tell you about this weekend's round of nuclear talks with Iran. Harvard University had its first court hearing today in its suit over drastic federal funding cuts. It’s election day in Canada, where Trump’s rhetoric looms large. Plus, a reality TV star is expected to testify in a trial that began in Paris today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hi, from CNN. This is Madeline Thompson with five things you need to know for Monday, April 28.

0:07.7

We're going to be cutting taxes, and as possible, we'll do a complete tax cut because I think the

0:12.9

tariffs will be enough to cut all of the income tax. That's President Donald Trump speaking

0:18.7

yesterday before boarding Air Force One.

0:21.3

Eliminating income taxes is an ambitious goal, Trump has mentioned before,

0:26.2

but his plan to replace them with tariffs as a source of revenue might be even more so.

0:31.1

The federal government raises about $3 trillion a year from income taxes,

0:35.6

while the U.S. happens to import around $3 trillion

0:38.3

worth of goods and services annually. Which means tariffs would have to be at least 100% on

0:44.4

all imported goods for the levies to replace income taxes, according to a chief economist

0:49.2

at Apollo Global Management. But to fully replace income taxes, tariffs may need to be set so high that they quadrupled

0:56.0

the price of everything coming into the country from abroad.

1:00.0

Trump did acknowledge yesterday that income tax elimination isn't something that could be achieved overnight.

1:06.0

This past weekend, the U.S. and Iran wrapped up the third round of nuclear talks, with both sides

1:11.6

painting a positive but cautious picture of talks over Iran's nuclear program.

1:16.9

A nuclear deal was previously reached in 2015 between Iran and world powers, formerly known

1:22.2

as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, which allowed Iran to enrich uranium at a level that ensured its nuclear

1:28.9

program would be exclusively peaceful. But the agreement was abandoned by President Trump in

1:33.9

2018 during his first presidential term. Today, Iranian foreign minister Abbas Aragshi took

1:39.9

aim at comments made by Israel's prime minister and reiterated that Iran was not seeking another

1:45.2

comprehensive plan of action. Trump has repeatedly said the deal he plans to reach with Iran

1:50.0

would be, quote, stronger than the 2015 one. Former Biden White House National Security Advisor

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