While instituting the largest tariff increase in modern history, Trump claimed that the income tax was passed for βreasons unknown to mankindβ and caused the Great Depression.
Hereβs the real history.
https://www.propublica.org/article/history-income-tax-history-16th-amendment-trump-tariffs-great-depression?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post