He’s claiming that high taxes are not an end for people like him, they are a means to an end. If the end is not achieved via the means then the means are undesi

He’s claiming that high taxes are not an end for people like him, they are a means to an end. If the end is not achieved via the means then the means are undesirable. If I had to hypothesize I might venture to say that were the President to pass a bill raising taxes progressively on the most wealthy while keeping spending on social programs the same, he would oppose it. As a third party, I’d say I find this to be the highest likelihood interpretation of what he told you and so by far.