‘Last year Republicans blasted me for a $250 haircut’: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez calls out Donald Trump for writing off $70,000 hairstyling bill as business expense

There are many issues which can be controversial in relation to the current President of the United States: Donald Trump, and the whole lot he does, says or tweets makes instantaneous headlines. Trump’s bodily look, aside from his questionable insurance policies, has additionally been the topic of scrutiny. From the shade of his tan to his hair really being a wig, all types of jokes have been made in regards to the President, nonetheless, he stays unfazed and it’s no secret that he takes a variety of pleasure in his look. Think of Donald Trump’s sparse head of hair and also you’ll be taken again to all of the memes and pictures of his hair awkwardly flying with the wind as he will get down from helicopters, airplanes and even when it will get just a little too windy throughout out of doors occasions. Now how a lot would you guess a hairdo (hair piece?) like that may value? Not a lot, proper? Wrong, based on some latest discoveries, Trump’s shiny blonde (or is it white?) mane prices extra to keep up than the common American will get paid yearly, and congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is having none of it!

A latest investigation by the New York Times revealed that Trump ha paid simply $750 in taxes in 2016, the yr he was elected president of the United States, the identical investigation additionally discovered that POTUS wrote off a $70,000 cost on private hairstyling “for television” as enterprise expense. This is outrageous for a lot of causes, however congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez took to her Twitter to name out the sexism and hypocrisy of the Republican get together for calling her out for a $250 salon session she gifted herself for her birthday however not the inane cost their very own ‘idol’ had racked up. She wrote, “Last year Republicans blasted a firehose of hatred + vitriol my way because I treated myself to a $250 cut & lowlights on my birthday. Where’s the criticism of their idol spending $70k on hairstyling? Oh, it’s nowhere because they’re spineless, misogynistic hypocrites? Got it.” She was referencing to the outrage the conservatives had proven at her haircut final fall that included a $80 reduce, $180 for lowlights, and about $52 in suggestions based on information studies.

 

Self-appointed watchdog Diet Prada took to their Instagram to share a put up in help of Ocasio-Cortez, writing, “$70k could have bought a lot of Elnett… and yet they apparently still use the cheap stuff on Trump’s infamously bad coif. Swipe for several more of Trump’s worst hair days… ew lol,” alongside a collection of images of Trump throughout unhealthy hair days, together with a collage of Ocasio-Cortez and Trump with the respective prices for each their hair written under.  

Twitterati had opposing views to the congresswoman’s tweet, whereas some supported her, others acknowledged that Trump didn’t take a wage, and that he had a tv present for which he needed to all the time appears TV prepared.

 

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has all the time been a vocal critic of Trump and his insurance policies, and has by no means backed down from the best wing’s fixed criticism of her look, nonetheless it’s attention-grabbing to look at that she was below fireplace for a relatively non-existent private expense whereas Trump has confronted no backlash for writing off a private expense as a enterprise expense. However, her tweet has highlighted various discrepancies in Trump’s bills.

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