you wouldn't benefit under your tax plan? >> no, i don't benefit. i don't benefit. very, very strongly as you see there's no -- i think there's very little benefit for people of wealth. >> i'm doing the right thing an it's not good for me. believe me. >> this is going to cost me a fortune. this thing. believe me. believe. this is not good for me. >> donald trump repeated that talking point over and over as he sold the republican tax cut bill to the american people. despite every independent analysis of the bill showing it was not true. and despite refusing to prove it releasing the tax returns like every other president. the white house press secretary dutyfully repeated the claim over and over again. >> the president did say that this tax cut bill would cost him a fortune. that was false.