Official LRC President Donald J Trump Thread

My this article is pretty bad. I knew the net worth thing was bull$hit but the vastness of the corruption is insane. My guess from the general trend of showing no profits is that probably much of all the numbers he used were bogus. I would bet the valuations all came from shady professionals, if not outright made up by him, and there is something up even with the embellished expenses. The only thing that is probably more accurate are the debts since they are contractual. My beat guess is that he’s been involved in some serious money laundering schemes going back decades and at best it’s just straight up tax fraud. The $750 tax payment or none for many years isn’t even close to being the worse things on that article. It’s the blatant theft of taxpayer money that should be most noted.

And then if course there is this:

https://twitter.com/strandjunker/status/1310446719793065986?s=21

This is what they call a “man”

https://twitter.com/dartslinger77/status/1310436058170089473?s=21

Cash poor... now he really has something big in common with his uneducated white anxiety fanboys

https://twitter.com/xnoodlekingx/status/1310421346367737856?s=21

I’ll leave you with this for now. How do you now go in front of the American people on Tuesday and pretend nothing is wrong? And how do you cast a vote for him knowing he stole from you bigly?

You bust your a$$ at the construction site all year long, take home $70k, and after covering all your expenses you pay $15k in taxes, money you wish you could have saved for a house. How do you reconcile that with knowing the president you support directly profits from his position, lives it up in top luxury at your expense, and then has the nerve to fudge his taxes so he can only pay $750?

Trollminator wrote:

TTH wrote:

The idiots on Fox and Friends will be cackling "You paid more than that right Don???? Come one we know you did right?"

And the two village idiots here will soon come to the rescue. No doubt Sally will continue to claim he’s a zillionaire despite his own returns showing he’s broke.

It was not me claiming that he is a zillionaire it was Forbes magazine who had estimated his wealth at $3 billion. I was not around to read up on the story yesterday so just beginning to follow it but wasn't the gist of the story that he paid virtually nothing in taxes for many years? I bet his tax attorneys now are a bit nervous because there are going to be a number of very experienced tax professionals scrutinizing every aspect of these tax returns.

Sally Vix wrote:

Trollminator wrote:

And the two village idiots here will soon come to the rescue. No doubt Sally will continue to claim he’s a zillionaire despite his own returns showing he’s broke.

It was not me claiming that he is a zillionaire it was Forbes magazine who had estimated his wealth at $3 billion. I was not around to read up on the story yesterday so just beginning to follow it but wasn't the gist of the story that he paid virtually nothing in taxes for many years? I bet his tax attorneys now are a bit nervous because there are going to be a number of very experienced tax professionals scrutinizing every aspect of these tax returns.

It maybe is worse than I thought ...Here are some important findings by the NYT concerning these tax returns:

Among the key findings of The Times’s investigation:

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Mr. Trump paid no federal income taxes in 11 of 18 years that The Times examined. In 2017, after he became president, his tax bill was only $750.

He has reduced his tax bill with questionable measures, including a $72.9 million tax refund that is the subject of an audit by the Internal Revenue Service.

Many of his signature businesses, including his golf courses, report losing large amounts of money — losses that have helped him to lower his taxes.

The financial pressure on him is increasing as hundreds of millions of dollars in loans he personally guaranteed are soon coming due.

Even while declaring losses, he has managed to enjoy a lavish lifestyle by taking tax deductions on what most people would consider personal expenses, including residences, aircraft and $70,000 in hairstyling for television.

Ivanka Trump, while working as an employee of the Trump Organization, appears to have received “consulting fees” that also helped reduce the family’s tax bill.

As president, he has received more money from foreign sources and U.S. interest groups than previously known. The records do not reveal any previously unreported connections to Russia.

It is important to remember that the returns are not an unvarnished look at Mr. Trump’s business activity. They are instead his own portrayal of his companies, compiled for the I.R.S. But they do offer the most detailed picture yet available.

Below is a deeper look at the takeaways. The main article based on the investigation contains much more information, as does a timeline of the president’s finances. Dean Baquet, the executive editor, has written a note explaining why The Times is publishing these findings.

formerly present wrote:

I'm not happy with the NYT's (apparently) receiving DJT's taxes.

That stuff is supposed to be absolutely private. Whoever gave it to the NYT should go to jail.

Yes, I detest Trump and want him gone. That doesn't excuse this.

It could all be perfectly legal. If Melania is the one who gave the returns to NYT then there is no problem as long as they are returns she jointly signed.

I don't think Melania wants to continue as first lady so it very well could be her.

Fat hurts wrote:

formerly present wrote:

I'm not happy with the NYT's (apparently) receiving DJT's taxes.

That stuff is supposed to be absolutely private. Whoever gave it to the NYT should go to jail.

Yes, I detest Trump and want him gone. That doesn't excuse this.

It could all be perfectly legal. If Melania is the one who gave the returns to NYT then there is no problem as long as they are returns she jointly signed.

I don't think Melania wants to continue as first lady so it very well could be her.

I think either IRS whistleblower or someone from the accounting firm.

Either 1) he is very wealthy in which case he's been filing fraudulent returns; or 2) the tax returns are accurate and he's broke... but I'll go with 3) he's broke and has been filing fraudulent returns... either way, he's a crook.

But I suspect this is yet another "small thing" you'll overlook for the sake of avoiding communism and liberal judges right? There is not a drop of shame on the right. He's a criminal, period.

Fat hurts wrote:

formerly present wrote:

I'm not happy with the NYT's (apparently) receiving DJT's taxes.

That stuff is supposed to be absolutely private. Whoever gave it to the NYT should go to jail.

Yes, I detest Trump and want him gone. That doesn't excuse this.

It could all be perfectly legal. If Melania is the one who gave the returns to NYT then there is no problem as long as they are returns she jointly signed.

I don't think Melania wants to continue as first lady so it very well could be her.

You guys have been saying that he has been committing tax fraud for years. Well so far there is no discussion of any tax fraud. NONE. As I have said many times, Donald Trump DOES NOT prepare his tax returns. He is not smart enough to. Very highly paid tax attorneys have done his tax returns during this time and they are NOT going to risk their million-dollar salaries and partnerships in the best tax firms in NYC (and even risk jail time and licenses!) just to save someone - who you keep clamoring is broke! - to save Trump a few dollars.

Let me stress this because it is highly important - the highly paid tax attorneys who prepare his tax returns are not going to risk their livelihoods to save some peasant (as you have been calling him) some money. Oh, another thing - it appears he IS under audit after all!

Trollminator wrote:

This is what they call a “man”

https://twitter.com/dartslinger77/status/1310436058170089473?s=21

$70,000 for that! Don the Con got ripped off.

Trollminator wrote:

Fat hurts wrote:

It could all be perfectly legal. If Melania is the one who gave the returns to NYT then there is no problem as long as they are returns she jointly signed.

I don't think Melania wants to continue as first lady so it very well could be her.

https://twitter.com/lindarchilders/status/1310432017855651841?s=20

I doubt Melania was ever after Trump's money. It seemed like true love.

The release of the tax returns is very, very significant.

Consider that we are headed toward a contested election. It's pretty likely that Biden will win by a significant margin but not by a landslide.

To get Trump out of office he must be publicly humiliated. He must be humiliated to the point that even his henchmen are embarrassed to be around him. But how do you humiliate someone who has no shame?

One way to do that is through a resounding defeat at the ballot box. The other is to unequivocally expose him as a colossal failure in his business.

Trump will appear to be a cowering shell of a man who faces absolute ruin. Nobody wants to have a president like that.

Fat hurts wrote:

The release of the tax returns is very, very significant.

Consider that we are headed toward a contested election. It's pretty likely that Biden will win by a significant margin but not by a landslide.

To get Trump out of office he must be publicly humiliated. He must be humiliated to the point that even his henchmen are embarrassed to be around him. But how do you humiliate someone who has no shame?

One way to do that is through a resounding defeat at the ballot box. The other is to unequivocally expose him as a colossal failure in his business.

Trump will appear to be a cowering shell of a man who faces absolute ruin. Nobody wants to have a president like that.

Do you agree that whoever illegally released his tax returns should be prosecuted?

When are you members of the Trump cult going to wake up! This man has made fools of you. All of his lies are directed at you because the rest of us know he is a con. Oh I can't release my taxes because they are under audit? And you cult members actually believed his nonsense?

As one poster said either he is lying on his taxes or he has been lying to you about being asuccessful or both. Don the Con is in debt way over his head which makes him an easy mark for foreign governments.

You cult members have to know that Don the Con has been lying to you about everything. Its not the media, its not the Dems, its not the deep state, its not the real Republicans, its not medical experts, its not our intelligence agencies, its DON THE CON who has been LYING to you.

Don the Con knew Covid is dangerous but he still holds rallies where he puts cult members at risk (although he stays safe distance away).

Don the Con sees cult members as marks. You cult members have been taken for a ride by Don the Con. Its hard for you to accept, but its true.

Don the Con is just a fast talking phony. You have been taken as suckers.

Don the Con. wrote:

When are you members of the Trump cult going to wake up! This man has made fools of you. All of his lies are directed at you because the rest of us know he is a con. Oh I can't release my taxes because they are under audit? And you cult members actually believed his nonsense?

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He IS under audit.