<p>US President Donald Trump again vowed on Friday that America's middle class would see a "major tax cut" if the Republican Party regained control of the House of Representatives.</p>.<p>Trump has made strong US economic performance a central campaign selling point ahead of next year's elections -- and says his agenda of tax cuts, deregulation and confronting trade partners has delivered it.</p>.<p>But a previous promised tax cut for middle-income earners never materialized. Critics say cuts benefiting richer Americans have in any case caused the US budget deficit to skyrocket to almost $1 trillion.</p>.<p>"We're going to be doing a major middle-income tax cut if we take back the House," Trump told reporters at the White House.</p>.<p>"That will be subject to taking over the House because Democrats like tax increases, not tax cuts," he added.</p>.<p>In October last year, Trump said his administration was working on a "very major" middle-class tax cut that would be announced ahead of the November midterms and passed afterwards.</p>.<p>US media reported that White House aides had no idea what he was talking about and observers pointed out that Congress was not even in session to debate such a cut.</p>.<p>There was no announcement and the promise of a cut did not in any case sway voters who handed the Republican-led House to the Democrats in one of the biggest swings in modern history.</p>.<p>Economists say the world's largest economy is slowing, as a sluggish global economy weakens demand for US goods and services and Trump's trade wars put a dent in business investment and manufacturing.</p>
<p>US President Donald Trump again vowed on Friday that America's middle class would see a "major tax cut" if the Republican Party regained control of the House of Representatives.</p>.<p>Trump has made strong US economic performance a central campaign selling point ahead of next year's elections -- and says his agenda of tax cuts, deregulation and confronting trade partners has delivered it.</p>.<p>But a previous promised tax cut for middle-income earners never materialized. Critics say cuts benefiting richer Americans have in any case caused the US budget deficit to skyrocket to almost $1 trillion.</p>.<p>"We're going to be doing a major middle-income tax cut if we take back the House," Trump told reporters at the White House.</p>.<p>"That will be subject to taking over the House because Democrats like tax increases, not tax cuts," he added.</p>.<p>In October last year, Trump said his administration was working on a "very major" middle-class tax cut that would be announced ahead of the November midterms and passed afterwards.</p>.<p>US media reported that White House aides had no idea what he was talking about and observers pointed out that Congress was not even in session to debate such a cut.</p>.<p>There was no announcement and the promise of a cut did not in any case sway voters who handed the Republican-led House to the Democrats in one of the biggest swings in modern history.</p>.<p>Economists say the world's largest economy is slowing, as a sluggish global economy weakens demand for US goods and services and Trump's trade wars put a dent in business investment and manufacturing.</p>