something. but it turned out he never ordered fema to do anything of the sort. last fall trump boasted confidently about a new tax cut that he and republicans in congress had come up with. they were putting the finishing touches on it. it would be unveiled right before the election. no one in congress had any idea what the president was talking about and even white house officials quietly admitted they were mystified. when asked about the tax cut trump's own treasury secretary said this, i quote, i'm not going to comment on whether it is a real thing or not a real thing. trump talked about it at his rallies. it was a major applause line, but as you may have noticed, there was no new tax cut plan. there never had been. the president likes to say that his border wall is being built, has been built, is nearly finished, is finished. one time they even put up a plaque on some replacement fencing that had been ordered by the obama administration and they just