GOP Love Of 'Small Business' Set To Pay Off Big For Our Small Businessman-In-Chief

WASHINGTON ― Republican lawmakers, who promised all year to help “small businesses,” have settled on a final tax bill with a last-minute addition that appears to benefit one particular small businessman: Donald J. Trump.

The president ― who reported income of at least $200 million from the companies running his residential buildings, hotels and golf courses last year ― might have lost out on millions of dollars had House and Senate negotiators failed to insert a provision that extends a big new tax break to businesses that own expensive properties but that don’t have many employees.