Heh, what a loser
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talkpoliticsThe US president pays less in federal income taxes than the majority if Americans do. Here's the expected 'October surprise' coming early this election cycle.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/sep/27/new-york-times-publishes-donald-trumps-tax-returns-election
Not surprisingly, Trump's tax records expose his utter duplicity for everyone to see. We all expected this, and we knew this is why he was so desperately trying to avoid disclosing his tax returns before the 2016 election.
The timing is pretty devastating for him, less than a couple of months before the election - a time when he's already been on the defensive about his trustworthiness (as if we ever had any doubts that he lacks any). If this doesn't sink his campaign, then nothing will.
My fave part? He writes off money he gives Ivanka calling her a contractor. (But then, wouldn't she have to claim that as income?)
So basically, he's not a winner, since he's been filing losses for over two decades?
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/sep/27/new-york-times-publishes-donald-trumps-tax-returns-election
Not surprisingly, Trump's tax records expose his utter duplicity for everyone to see. We all expected this, and we knew this is why he was so desperately trying to avoid disclosing his tax returns before the 2016 election.
The timing is pretty devastating for him, less than a couple of months before the election - a time when he's already been on the defensive about his trustworthiness (as if we ever had any doubts that he lacks any). If this doesn't sink his campaign, then nothing will.
My fave part? He writes off money he gives Ivanka calling her a contractor. (But then, wouldn't she have to claim that as income?)
So basically, he's not a winner, since he's been filing losses for over two decades?
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Date: 28/9/20 18:12 (UTC)His base could see him offering a pyramid of skulls to Khorne and they'd switch from Jesus to Khorne to pwn the libs, as that's their entire movement in a nutshell, so...it won't make any differences. The GOP has less than zero interest in fixing the ability of the rich to pay nothing at all in taxes, too.
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Date: 28/9/20 18:49 (UTC)Trump could murder his finances in the middle of 5th avenue and not a single one of his believers would lose faith.
Their loyalty isn't about anything concrete. It's about loyalty.
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Date: 29/9/20 10:13 (UTC)Daily quote!
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Date: 29/9/20 17:16 (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 28/9/20 20:25 (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 28/9/20 22:25 (UTC)It won't even come close. I recall maddow having a similar blockbuster bombshell about Trumps taxes a few years back, I think everyone had moved on to the next outrage of the day by the next morning.
I think Trump comes out of all these scandals for two main reasons;
A) Theres rarely, if ever, a sympathetic victim
B) the left doesnt have different levels of concern/ attention - every last thing is huge, monumental, the most important thing ever. We've all heard that top quote a thousand times before concerning a thousand different 'scandals', and because of this, every story feels like the 'trump gets an extra scoop of ice cream' story.
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Date: 29/9/20 06:00 (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 29/9/20 07:58 (UTC)The U.K. is going down a similar road, so I’m not condescending, merely sympathising.
But do step back and ask yourself how many other Presidents have broken so many ethical, moral, legal, and constitutional norms?
(Your Post Office is mentioned in the Constitution, BTW.)
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Date: 29/9/20 14:31 (UTC)But anyone who believes the last administration was 'scandal free!' is on the same level.
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Date: 29/9/20 15:05 (UTC)Really?
Wow.
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Date: 29/9/20 15:51 (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 29/9/20 12:00 (UTC)‘This could be the one that finishes him’ say experts, as Donald Trump suffers 839th career-ending scandal of his presidency.
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Date: 29/9/20 14:04 (UTC)That said, if this isn't some tale of woe some accountant has spun for the benefit of the IRS and he really is in bad financial shape, this is the one that will actually hit him right in the ego. It probably won't cost any votes however. As long as he support pro-life supreme court nominees and Biden doesn't, he's probably at the lower limit of his support.
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Date: 29/9/20 17:44 (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 29/9/20 12:16 (UTC)