Las Vegas: Trump visits to tout no tax on tips

Friday, April 17, 2026 2:16 PM
Image aggregated from The Nevada Independent.
  • Kate Reynolds, Oona Milliken and Mini Racker, The Nevada Independent

President Donald Trump took a victory lap on his new tax cuts during his first trip to the swing state since his inauguration, urging Nevadans to vote for Republicans in November despite growing concerns about affordability.

Addressing a crowd of roughly 250 people adorned in Trump-themed swag on Thursday afternoon, Trump asserted Las Vegas is home to the largest tipped worker base “anywhere in the country, anywhere in the world.”

“Thanks to our tax cuts, this week, thousands of Nevada waiters, waitresses, casino dealers, bartenders, bellmen, barbers, caddies — oh, I love those caddies, they’re very good if you have the right caddy — and valets received the biggest tax refunds of their entire lives,” he said at the AC Hotel Las Vegas Symphony Park.