He has always stated that the “rich” such as himself might pay more taxes during the campaign. Nothing new here. The question is what is the definition rich?
I agree that Trump confessed a number of times during the campaign to being a progressive when it comes to fed entitlements and other things.
But I kinda thought his point about the rich and taxes during the campaign is that he'd work to cut out the unfair loopholes so that the rich actually pay a determined rate - ideally the same rate as all, though he never said that.
Either way, there is absolutely no question that the proposal in the article is a progressive plan. Trump is a lot of good things, but he is not a principle-driven conservative, not a Freedom-driven patriot and not a hands-off libertarian. His is a populist who happens to be right on the immigration and trade issues - which was enough to win.
We Freedom-lovers are doomed to be disappointed many times over the next few years. But are none too bright if we are surprised.