Trump's tax returns

[The Great Zaganza]

It's good to know that Trump is broke, because that means he will literally do anything to be in office when he has to renegotiate his loans.

 

[JoeMorgue]

I do legit wonder how scared Trump is of how his "Post-Presidency" life is going to be.

You don't really have to read between the lines here to know that Trump has made some enemies.

 

[timhau]

I do legit wonder how scared Trump is of how his "Post-Presidency" life is going to be.

You don't really have to read between the lines here to know that Trump has made some enemies.

Let's just say that I would glady pay $750 to see him in court in an orange jumpsuit, with his hair done by someone who doesn't make $70,000 a year.

 

[Segnosaur]

Hope that Democrats resist the urge to jeer Trump for being broke. The real story is that he's a tax cheat.

So where might Trump have broken various laws. Lets, see, we have:

- Bank Fraud (inflating the value of assets)

- Violating emoluments clause of the constitution (use of Trump properties by foreign governments... Trump claimed he was 'giving profits to the government' but that doesn't seem to be the case.)

- Tax laws regarding gift giving (hiring children as 'consultants')

What other laws might he have broken?

(Should be noted that those are only the laws that the NYT might have uncovered.... obviously there may be many more broken laws that you would need to uncover in other ways.)

 

[jimbob]

Challenge accepted.

Can I steal that?

 

[Darat]

for the record, it's closer to 100 times bigger

Yeah, I read it at $7,000, which I thought was a lot but you are right it's $70,000!

 

[Regnad Kcin]

Can I steal that?

But of course!

 

[Andy_Ross]

Trump Tweets

The Fake News Media, just like Election time 2016, is bringing up my Taxes & all sorts of other nonsense with illegally obtained information & only bad intent. I paid many millions of dollars in taxes but was entitled, like everyone else, to depreciation & tax credits.....

.....Also, if you look at the extraordinary assets owned by me, which the Fake News hasn’t, I am extremely under leveraged - I have very little debt compared to the value of assets. Much of this information is already on file, but I have long said that I may release....

.....Financial Statements, from the time I announced I was going to run for President, showing all properties, assets and debts. It is a very IMPRESSIVE Statement, and also shows that I am the only President on record to give up my yearly $400,000 plus Presidential Salary!

 

[thaiboxerken]

As has been pointed out, the story will play out thusly:

1. It's #FakeNews
2. The reports are accurate but only suckers pay federal taxes
3. It's not illegal
4. OK, it's illegal but it's not a "real" crime
5. What about Hunter Biden ?
6. Emails, Benghazi etc, etc
7. Next crisis

It won't affect President Trump's chances of reelection and it will provide yet another incentive for him to do anything to win - so he can stop them coming after him.

I'm stealing this to post on my fb timeline.

 

[Andy_Ross]

Remember the Eric Trump saying "We don't rely on American banks. We have all the funding we need out of Russia."

Who does Trump owe the hundreds of millions of dollars coming due soon?

 

[JoeMorgue]

It also should be noted that "All rich people do it..." will probably be the most effective distraction-argument because we'll have plenty of people on the Left who will jump at the chance to talk about it as well.

Trumpers will use "Oh but all rich people do it as an excuse" and many members of the Left will be all too happy to jump right into "Okay but let's talk about this broader issue so we're not really talking about Trump anymore" both of which will benefit Trump.

 

[thaiboxerken]

The NYT article is almost certainly not "fake news" but otherwise, all of the numbers have to be taken with a grain of salt.

Only Trumpanzees would take this news with a grain of salt. The NYT would be exposing themselves to an enormous defamation lawsuit if they didn't have the documents to support this story.

 

[varwoche]

The thing you have to watch with 538 are the Rasmussen Polls... they are low grade for accuracy and reliability (only C+) but they ALWAYS favour Trump by a significant margin compared with the others. Every time I see a tick up in Trump's favorable rating plus a tick down in his unfavourable, it has always been accompanied by a Rasmussen Poll.

538 factors in the rating of the pollster to formulate the margin.

 

[The Don]

Hope that Democrats resist the urge to jeer Trump for being broke. The real story is that he's a tax cheat.

Mocking someone for being broke not exactly a crowd pleaser, especially in the current economy.

That news might actually improve his reputation

 

[JoeMorgue]

Call me a crazy sheeple but I'm going to take the word of the newspaper that has 130 Pulitzers over the word of the guy who had to be physically restrained from staring into the sun during an eclipse.

 

[newyorkguy]

Trump Tweets

Fake News...
I am the only President on record to give up my yearly $400,000 plus Presidential Salary!

Speaking of Fake News, Herbert Hoover and John F. Kennedy also refused to accept their presidential salary.

 

[The Don]

Speaking of Fake News, Herbert Hoover and John F. Kennedy also refused to accept their presidential salary.

Yeah, but theirs wasn't $400,000+, so strictly speaking President Trump is the only one to give up his $400k+ salary

 

[BobTheCoward]

Call me a crazy sheeple but I'm going to take the word of the newspaper that has 130 Pulitzers over the word of the guy who had to be physically restrained from staring into the sun during an eclipse.

Why take anyone's word? You can hold out until someone presents evidence.

 

[JoeMorgue]

Why take anyone's word? You can hold out until someone presents evidence.

Someone has Bob. Please try and keep up.

 

[Crossbow]

Hope that Democrats resist the urge to jeer Trump for being broke. The real story is that he's a tax cheat.

Mocking someone for being broke not exactly a crowd pleaser, especially in the current economy.

On the contrary, I hope that many, many, many people jeer at Trump for being broke.

After all, since Trump is such a blatant liar, rapist, adulterer, thief and a tax cheat, then I hope that there are quite a few Trump jeers.