OCTOBER SURPRISE STARTS EARLY!!
NY Times Has Over Two Decades of Trump Tax Records!
Yuuuuge Losses, Years of Tax Avoidance
Bottom Line: He’s a Crappy Businessman
18 Quick Takeaways (nytimes.com)$70,000 on hairstyling – Donald Trump's taxes in numbers (theguardian.com)Trump wrote off a mansion for a family vacation from his taxes (rawstory.com)Trump’s ‘Apprentice’ money is running out — and he could be foreclosed on as bills come due (rawstory.com)Trump has been writing off money he gave to Ivanka by calling her a ‘contractor’ (rawstory.com)Chumps: Trump’s pride in not paying taxes shows what he really thinks of the American people (rawstory.com)Democrats on the attack over Trump tax return revelations (theguardian.com)Former GOP governor slams Trump over ‘disturbing’ tax revelations — and throws his support behind Biden (rawstory.com)Lincoln Project Co-Founder: To Whom Does Trump “Owe So Much Money, And What Are They Willing to Do to Ensure Repayment?” (politicususa.com)Rep. Ted Lieu Calls Trump A Walking National Security Threat After Tax Returns Bombshell (politicususa.com)‘This is the smoking gun’: Carl Bernstein claims Trump’s taxes expose his ‘grifter presidency’ (rawstory.com)Times' Editors: how the story came together (nytimes.com)
Donald J. Trump paid $750 in federal income taxes the year he won the presidency. In his first year in the White House, he paid another $750.
He had paid no income taxes at all in 10 of the previous 15 years — largely because he reported losing much more money than he made.
And that’s just the first two grafs. More:
His reports to the I.R.S. portray a businessman who takes in hundreds of millions of dollars a year yet racks up chronic losses that he aggressively employs to avoid paying taxes.
Gee, ya might think he’s gaming the system!
The New York Times has obtained tax-return data extending over more than two decades for Mr. Trump and the hundreds of companies that make up his business organization, including detailed information from his first two years in office. It does not include his personal returns for 2018 or 2019. This article offers an overview of The Times’s findings; additional articles will be published in the coming weeks.
In other words, Hunter, Shmunter! The Grey Lady has your ongoing October Surprise right here!