The details of this NY Times story are bananas. So let's review, and imagine Kamala Harris reacting, shall we?
2014: "After tabulating all the profits and losses from Mr. Trump’s various endeavors on Form 1040, the accountants came to Line 56, where they had to enter the total income tax the candidate was required to pay. They needed space for only a single figure.
Zero."
America First? "In 2017, the president’s $750 contribution to the operations of the U.S. government was dwarfed by the $15,598 he or his companies paid in Panama, the $145,400 in India and the $156,824 in the Philippines."
"Also hanging over him is a decade-long audit battle with the Internal Revenue Service over the legitimacy of a $72.9 million tax refund that he claimed, and received, after declaring huge losses. An adverse ruling could cost him more than $100 million."
On write-offs: "Likewise the cost of haircuts, including the more than $70,000 paid to style his hair during 'The Apprentice.'"
"he is personally responsible for loans and other debts totaling $421 million, with most of it coming due within four years. Should he win re-election, his lenders could be placed in the unprecedented position of weighing whether to foreclose on a sitting president.
"Ultimately, Mr. Trump has been more successful playing a business mogul than being one in real life."
Worth reading the entire article to understand what a cluster of national security risk and theft is swirling around Donald Trump.
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