How are both of the statements about tax reform misleading? 

I need help explaining why the graph is misleading. I know it has to do with the outliers dragging the mean, but I need more.

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2017: President Trump signs into law the largest tax reform in decades. Here are two different takes on the law: "By eliminating tax breaks and loopholes, we will ensure that the benefits are focused on the middle class, the working men and women, not the highest income earners." - Donald Trump, 2017, during a speech in Indiana "You remember just a few years ago when Trump and my Republican colleagues voted for almost $2 trillion in tax breaks for the wealthiest people in this country and the largest corporations." - Bernie Sanders, 2021, during an interview on CNN AH BH Comparing Distributions H $0 Image courtesy of Sam Savage and Jeff Danziger fra This is why we describe the whole distribution of data - a one number summary can be deceiving. + $1,000 Today's Key Analysis: Did Trump's tax cut help the "average" American? 000000000 + $2,000 Sarah Sanders + $3,000 $4,000 Household Tax Cut Amounts ($) The average American family a $4,000 raise under the Pres cut plan. So how could any m Congress be against it? From official White House Press Secretary Twitter brips://twitter.com/prosses/status 271245672240 $5,000 Random samples of household tax cuts under two plans (A & B), each with an average tax cut of $1,260 000000 C BEW +1 $6,000 The Fla Avera +1 $7,000 2017: President Trump signs into law the largest tax reform in decades. Here are two different takes on the law: "By eliminating tax breaks and loopholes, we will ensure that the benefits are focused on the middle class, the working men and women, not the highest income earners." - Donald Trump, 2017, during a speech in Indiana "You remember just a few years ago when Trump and my Republican colleagues voted for almost $2 trillion in tax breaks for the wealthiest people in this country and the largest corporations." - Bernie Sanders, 2021, during an interview on CNN AH BH Comparing Distributions H $0 Image courtesy of Sam Savage and Jeff Danziger fra This is why we describe the whole distribution of data - a one number summary can be deceiving. + $1,000 Today's Key Analysis: Did Trump's tax cut help the "average" American? 000000000 + $2,000 Sarah Sanders + $3,000 $4,000 Household Tax Cut Amounts ($) The average American family a $4,000 raise under the Pres cut plan. So how could any m Congress be against it? From official White House Press Secretary Twitter brips://twitter.com/prosses/status 271245672240 $5,000 Random samples of household tax cuts under two plans (A & B), each with an average tax cut of $1,260 000000 C BEW +1 $6,000 The Fla Avera +1 $7,000