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Trump Nominee’s Farm Reclassification Slashes NJ Estate Taxes

5/22/2026

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Nicole Saphier, President Donald Trump's surgeon general nominee, applied to reclassify the New Jersey estate as farmland, cutting the tax bill from $7,200 to $40.
She posted chickens on the estate, later admitted on Instagram she is not a farmer, prompting Jack Curtis to call the property a ‘poster child’ of abuse.
Critics cite a Trump golf course that claims hay production to lower its taxes, illustrating program abuse.

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Nicole Saphier, President Donald Trump's surgeon general nominee, applied to reclassify the New Jersey estate as farmland, cutting the tax bill from $7,200 to $40.
She posted chickens on the estate, later admitted on Instagram she is not a farmer, prompting Jack Curtis to call the property a ‘poster child’ of abuse.
Critics cite a Trump golf course that claims hay production to lower its taxes, illustrating program abuse.