1/9 The beautiful irony of the #TrumpTaxReturns coming out NOW is that Trump's never-ending appeals pushed the release date back until he gave HIMSELF an early October surprise.
#CountBankruptula was surely hoping to keep them hidden until after the election.
#TrumpTaxes
#CountBankruptula was surely hoping to keep them hidden until after the election.
#TrumpTaxes
2/9 Now we know that since 2000 there are TEN years when Trump didn't pay anything in taxes.
In all Trump paid no federal income taxes in 11 of 18 years the New York Times' reporters examined
nytimes.com/interactive/20…
In all Trump paid no federal income taxes in 11 of 18 years the New York Times' reporters examined
nytimes.com/interactive/20…
3/9 Now we know that Trump only paid $750 his first 2 terms while hard-working Americans paid their dues & struggled to make ends meet.
Now we know that he practiced wide-scale tax fraud based on claims of heavy losses, & he probably WAS losing heavily... cnn.com/2020/09/27/pol…
Now we know that he practiced wide-scale tax fraud based on claims of heavy losses, & he probably WAS losing heavily... cnn.com/2020/09/27/pol…
4/9 ...which means we need to know where the money has been coming from to keep Trump's failing businesses afloat.
Now we know that his taxes were not "under audit."
theguardian.com/us-news/2020/s…
Now we know that his taxes were not "under audit."
theguardian.com/us-news/2020/s…
5/9 Now we know that Trump's financial disclosures indicated he earned at least $434.9 million in 2018, but the tax filings reported a $47.4 million loss.
apnews.com/article/archiv…
apnews.com/article/archiv…
6/9 Now we know that Trump has regularly made money off of totalitarian regimes including $3 million from the Philippines, $2.3 million from India and $1 million from Turkey. thehill.com/homenews/admin…
7/9 And 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.
So he largely just cheated the U.S.
nbcnews.com/politics/donal…
So he largely just cheated the U.S.
nbcnews.com/politics/donal…
8/9 We now know that, to quote .@chipfranklin, Donald Trump isn't a billionaire, he just plays one on TV.
The "businessman president" is a #BillionDollarLoser, con artist, and tax cheat.
And, according to Kyle Griffin, there is more to come:
The "businessman president" is a #BillionDollarLoser, con artist, and tax cheat.
And, according to Kyle Griffin, there is more to come:
https://twitter.com/kylegriffin1/status/1310333420275478528?s=20
9/9 What little we've seen already is explosive. With more to come, how much closer are we to seeing a day when President Trump becomes Inmate Trump?
I, for one, can't wait.
For now, I end with this:
#DemCast #GeeksResist #TrumpTaxReturns #TrumpTaxes
I, for one, can't wait.
For now, I end with this:
#DemCast #GeeksResist #TrumpTaxReturns #TrumpTaxes
https://twitter.com/eshap/status/1310358908121296899?s=20
Six key findings from the New York Times' Trump taxes bombshell
The president pays little, faces hefty audit costs as well as loans coming due soon, and Ivanka is not in the clear theguardian.com/us-news/2020/s…
The president pays little, faces hefty audit costs as well as loans coming due soon, and Ivanka is not in the clear theguardian.com/us-news/2020/s…
Looks like I was wrong above; Trump IS in an audit... a decade-long audit that could see him forced to pay OVER $100 MILLION to the IRS.
18 Revelations From a Trove of Trump Tax Records
Times reporters have obtained decades of tax information the president has hidden from public view. Here are some of the key findings. nytimes.com/2020/09/27/us/…
Times reporters have obtained decades of tax information the president has hidden from public view. Here are some of the key findings. nytimes.com/2020/09/27/us/…
An Editor’s Note on the Trump Tax Investigation
The New York Times has examined decades of President Trump’s financial records, assembling the most comprehensive picture yet of his business dealings. nytimes.com/2020/09/27/us/…
The New York Times has examined decades of President Trump’s financial records, assembling the most comprehensive picture yet of his business dealings. nytimes.com/2020/09/27/us/…
These loans are seriously bad for Trump's future, both immediate and long-term. Here is a thread all about his loans on his hotels and his desperation to deal with them.
https://twitter.com/WendySiegelman/status/1310341712548593671?s=20
Now available in the Biden Campaign store.
https://twitter.com/robynkanner/status/1310372781071228932?s=20
Should he win re-election, Trump's lenders could be placed in the unprecedented position of weighing whether to foreclose on a sitting president.
Could he be a bigger security risk?
Could he be a bigger security risk?
Donald Trump, facing financial ruin, sought control of his elderly father’s estate. The family fight was epic.
“It was basically taking the whole estate and giving it to
Donald,” Trump’s sister said in secretly recorded audio. washingtonpost.com/graphics/2020/…
“It was basically taking the whole estate and giving it to
Donald,” Trump’s sister said in secretly recorded audio. washingtonpost.com/graphics/2020/…
1/5 Democrats Say Trump Tax Returns Report Shows His 'Disdain' For Working Families npr.org/2020/09/28/917…
$70,000 on hairstyling – Donald Trump's taxes in numbers
Here are some surprising things we’ve learned about the US president’s finances theguardian.com/us-news/2020/s…
Here are some surprising things we’ve learned about the US president’s finances theguardian.com/us-news/2020/s…
The New York Times' coverage of Trump's taxes is an emperor-has-no-clothes moment cnn.com/2020/09/28/med…
Trump Wrote Off Ivanka Payments As ‘Consulting Fees’ On His Taxes: New York Times
Paying his children as “outside consultants” was one of many ways Trump avoided paying taxes, according to a major NYT investigation.
#TrumpCheats #TrumpCheatedAmerica
huffpost.com/entry/trump-ta…
Paying his children as “outside consultants” was one of many ways Trump avoided paying taxes, according to a major NYT investigation.
#TrumpCheats #TrumpCheatedAmerica
huffpost.com/entry/trump-ta…
Trump's Taxes Show He's a National Security Threat
What trade-offs would a president with this level of indebtedness be willing to make to save face?
bloomberg.com/opinion/articl…
What trade-offs would a president with this level of indebtedness be willing to make to save face?
bloomberg.com/opinion/articl…
1/7 We now know what Trump was trying to hide by holding back his tax returns
The New York Times’s major new story reveals that Trump had political, legal, and financial reasons to hold back the returns. vox.com/2020/9/27/2145…
The New York Times’s major new story reveals that Trump had political, legal, and financial reasons to hold back the returns. vox.com/2020/9/27/2145…
2/7 What we know — and still want to know — about Trump’s company washingtonpost.com/politics/what-…
3/7 5 takeaways from NY Times report on Trump’s tax returns apnews.com/article/ruth-b…
4/7 Deductions for haircuts, consulting fee write-offs, a family estate that is treated as a business property and an aggressive refund claim could open Trump to legal risks once he’s out of office bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
5/7 Here’s how much you had to make in 2017 to pay more income tax than Donald Trump
A single adult without kids making $18,000 would have paid more. vox.com/policy-and-pol…
A single adult without kids making $18,000 would have paid more. vox.com/policy-and-pol…
6/7 Trump probably paid less in federal income tax than average middle-class American
The president defended his actions in new Twitter post, but report shows Trump used tax strategies that most Americans can’t. washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2020…
The president defended his actions in new Twitter post, but report shows Trump used tax strategies that most Americans can’t. washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2020…
7/7 How Trump’s taxes compare to those of other presidents
Jimmy Carter voluntarily paid $6,000 in 1976 despite a zero tax bill, while other recent predecessors typically paid tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars washingtonpost.com/business/2020/…
Jimmy Carter voluntarily paid $6,000 in 1976 despite a zero tax bill, while other recent predecessors typically paid tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars washingtonpost.com/business/2020/…
1/5 Don't miss the Ivanka Trump bombshell buried in the Times tax story cnn.com/2020/09/28/pol…
2/5 The Daily 202: Ivanka Trump’s ‘consulting fees’ and Rick Gates’s book underscore depths of presidential nepotism washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/…
3/5 Trump suggested naming his daughter Ivanka as his running mate in 2016, according to new book by Rick Gates washingtonpost.com/politics/trump…
4/5 Donald Trump wanted daughter Ivanka to be running mate in 2016, book says
Ex-campaign deputy Rick Gates quotes Trump as saying: ‘Ivanka should be vice-president’ in book out in October theguardian.com/us-news/2020/s…
Ex-campaign deputy Rick Gates quotes Trump as saying: ‘Ivanka should be vice-president’ in book out in October theguardian.com/us-news/2020/s…
5/5 Trump repeatedly discussed with advisers the idea of naming his daughter Ivanka as his running mate in 2016, according to a new book bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
1/3 Speaker Pelosi says Trump's taxes reveal 'national security' issue
The House speaker was responding to a New York Times report that Trump has more than $300 million in loans coming due within the next few years. nbcnews.com/politics/2020-…
The House speaker was responding to a New York Times report that Trump has more than $300 million in loans coming due within the next few years. nbcnews.com/politics/2020-…
2/3 Trump’s reported massive debt load raises ‘a national security question,’ Pelosi says cnbc.com/2020/09/28/tru…
3/3 Democrats on Trump tax story: "This is a national security question" axios.com/trump-taxes-de…
Trump sought deals with Moscow mayor
Republicans have accused Joe Biden's son of taking payments from the late mayor's billionaire widow, which he denies. politico.com/news/2020/09/2…
Republicans have accused Joe Biden's son of taking payments from the late mayor's billionaire widow, which he denies. politico.com/news/2020/09/2…
1/4 Trump dismissed the report of his tax avoidance as “totally fake news,” “made up,” and “illegally obtained.”
Needless to say, they can be made up AND illegal.
Trump Dismisses 'New York Times' Report That He Paid Little In Federal Income Taxes npr.org/2020/09/27/917…
Needless to say, they can be made up AND illegal.
Trump Dismisses 'New York Times' Report That He Paid Little In Federal Income Taxes npr.org/2020/09/27/917…
2/4 Trump lashes out at New York Times report alleging years of tax avoidance
According to The New York Times, Trump paid only $750 in federal income taxes the year he won the presidency and again during his first year in office. nbcnews.com/politics/donal…
According to The New York Times, Trump paid only $750 in federal income taxes the year he won the presidency and again during his first year in office. nbcnews.com/politics/donal…
3/4 Trump calls NYT report on tax avoidance ‘totally fake news’
The Times obtained records showing Trump paid no income tax in 10 of the past 15 years because of reported losses. politico.com/news/2020/09/2…
The Times obtained records showing Trump paid no income tax in 10 of the past 15 years because of reported losses. politico.com/news/2020/09/2…
4/4 Trump says he still can't share returns after report he paid only $750 in income taxes in 2016 and 2017 usatoday.com/story/news/pol…
Tax records show that “The Apprentice” rescued Donald J. Trump, bringing him new sources of cash and a myth that would propel him to the White House.
He sold himself as a billionaire and self-made man. It was all a hoax.
nytimes.com/interactive/20…
He sold himself as a billionaire and self-made man. It was all a hoax.
nytimes.com/interactive/20…
Rep. Kevin Brady (R-Texas) called on Monday for a probe into the sources of the NYT story that detailed two decades worth of Trump's tax records and financial dealings.
But wait, didn't Trump say they're fake? Can't these bozos get their story straight?
thehill.com/homenews/house…
But wait, didn't Trump say they're fake? Can't these bozos get their story straight?
thehill.com/homenews/house…
‘Fox & Friends,’ With Donald Trump Jr., Tries to Dismiss Times Tax Article
The Fox News morning show, a reliable forum for the president and his defenders, served up criticism of the report and attacks on Joseph R. Biden Jr. nytimes.com/2020/09/28/bus…
The Fox News morning show, a reliable forum for the president and his defenders, served up criticism of the report and attacks on Joseph R. Biden Jr. nytimes.com/2020/09/28/bus…
Trump has been in the middle of a dispute with the Internal Revenue Service over a 2010 claim of a $72.9 million tax refund that has been overseen by the little-known congressional Joint Committee on Taxation.
bloombergquint.com/onweb/trump-s-…
bloombergquint.com/onweb/trump-s-…
I visited Donald Trump's state park and it's not a park
It turns out his taxes are not the only thing that appear a little different in real life from what you’d expect theguardian.com/global/2020/se…
It turns out his taxes are not the only thing that appear a little different in real life from what you’d expect theguardian.com/global/2020/se…
Biden should attack Trump as a massive, ludicrous failure — not just a tax cheat
Trump is no bold captain of industry: He's a loser who kept afloat by selling ringtones and defrauding Granny salon.com/2020/09/29/bid…
Trump is no bold captain of industry: He's a loser who kept afloat by selling ringtones and defrauding Granny salon.com/2020/09/29/bid…
4 things to know about Trump and 'The Apprentice,' according to the New York Times ctvnews.ca/world/america-…
We Finally Know Just How Big a Fraud Trump Is
We always sort of knew, but now we really know, you know?
vanityfair.com/news/2020/09/w…
We always sort of knew, but now we really know, you know?
vanityfair.com/news/2020/09/w…
1/6 ‘I don’t want to pay taxes,’ Trump says while disputing NYT report in debate with Biden globalnews.ca/news/7367836/b…
2/6 'I don't want to pay tax': Trump grilled over bombshell tax returns report in presidential debate independent.co.uk/news/world/ame…
3/6 Trump Denies NYT Report With Claim He Paid Millions in Taxes
He was confronted during the debate with the report that he paid only $750 in federal taxes in 2016 and 2017 and none in 10 of the previous 15 years. thedailybeast.com/trump-denies-n…
He was confronted during the debate with the report that he paid only $750 in federal taxes in 2016 and 2017 and none in 10 of the previous 15 years. thedailybeast.com/trump-denies-n…
4/6 Many see Trump's denial of the NYT story and claim that he paid millions in taxes as a major misstep, as he has bragged about his ability to avoid taxes (calling those who fail to "stupid") and now is at the mercy of new NYT reports showing otherwise. cbsnews.com/video/trump-de…
5/6 'It's not fair': workers outraged that Donald Trump pays less tax than them
President paid almost no federal income tax in 15 years in contrast to hefty contributions from those striving to make ends meet theguardian.com/us-news/2020/s…
President paid almost no federal income tax in 15 years in contrast to hefty contributions from those striving to make ends meet theguardian.com/us-news/2020/s…
6/6 Yes, Donald Trump Is Still A Billionaire. That Makes His $750 Tax Payment Even More Scandalous forbes.com/sites/danalexa…
Tax Returns Show Trump Looting Treasury to Stave Off His Own Financial Disaster
truthout.org/articles/tax-r…
truthout.org/articles/tax-r…
Michael Cohen Tells CNN That Trump May End Up Spending ‘The Next Century’ in Prison for Tax Evasion mediaite.com/news/michael-c…
1/3 A federal appeals court in Manhattan rejected President Donald Trump’s effort to block enforcement of a grand jury subpoena that demands years of his income tax returns from his accountants.
https://twitter.com/jimsciutto/status/1313844697308246017?s=20
2/3 But the court suspended enforcement of that subpoena by Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr., giving Trump time to ask the Supreme Court, for a second time, to step into the case and block the subpoena permanently.
cnbc.com/2020/10/07/tru…
cnbc.com/2020/10/07/tru…
3/3 Trump’s lawyer Jay Sekulow said he will ask the Supreme Court to stay the unanimous decision against the president by the three-judge panel on U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit. washingtonpost.com/national-secur…
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