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kpete

(71,981 posts)
Wed May 8, 2019, 08:22 AM May 2019

The Best Thing about the Trump Tax Loss disclosure



The best thing about the Trump Tax Loss disclosure — over a Billion dollar Loss in a Decade —

is not that it is now obvious without Daddy-dearest $400 Million loans, the Donald would be nothing.

It is not that it is now obvious without Papa-Putin’s $300 Million loans — funneled through Deutsche Bank — that the Donald would now be less than nothing.

No rather, the best thing about the Trump Tax Loss disclosure by investigative reporters at the New York Times, is that Donald Trump will no doubt rage that “The Story is Fake!”

And IF ...

Liar, loser, loud-mouth Trump wants to prove that the latest Times story is “Fake”

— All he has to do is release his Taxes, and prove to the world how fake the Times report really is.

(Anyone want to take odds on THAT actually happening?)



https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/5/7/1856117/-The-Best-Thing-about-the-Trump-Tax-Loss-disclosure?utm_campaign=trending

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The Best Thing about the Trump Tax Loss disclosure (Original Post) kpete May 2019 OP
It already did Mr. Ected May 2019 #1
yeah no. That's not how it works. his followers WORSHIP him like a god mucifer May 2019 #2
this is correct Celerity May 2019 #4
what I was wondering as soon as I heard about this: ginnyinWI May 2019 #3
He will be serving up lemonade to his minions randr May 2019 #5
Who cares about Trump and his gullible watoos May 2019 #6
Didn't we know about all of this? forthemiddle May 2019 #7
We have all sorts of info trump u fraud didn't matter he just paid a fine and the story mucifer May 2019 #8
Wouldn't Trump be the 'Poorest Man in America' when he owes billions? Kid Berwyn May 2019 #9

mucifer

(23,524 posts)
2. yeah no. That's not how it works. his followers WORSHIP him like a god
Wed May 8, 2019, 08:27 AM
May 2019

they will claim that he is brilliant because he had less than nothing and he became President. They will LOVE that he paid no taxes and screwed over the government because the IRS is evil. They want to be him. They want chaos. They call themselves Christian while they worship the golden calf. This will only strengthen their resolve.

Celerity

(43,296 posts)
4. this is correct
Wed May 8, 2019, 08:31 AM
May 2019

The only way Trump's taxes will actually bite him in the arse is when they can be shown to help prove he is a global money launderer. That is by far the most fruitful path to put the fucker in prison.

ginnyinWI

(17,276 posts)
3. what I was wondering as soon as I heard about this:
Wed May 8, 2019, 08:30 AM
May 2019

We assume this is an accurate description of his income or losses. But he lies ALL the time! Couldn't this alternatively be a case of tax evasion? He would lie and cheat on his taxes in a heartbeat.

randr

(12,409 posts)
5. He will be serving up lemonade to his minions
Wed May 8, 2019, 08:34 AM
May 2019

He will manage to turn this to his advantage as it plays into his victimhood. They will eat up the story of his recovery and how he had planned it all along. He will convince them that the "fools" that loaned him the money he lost are at fault. They will see him as born again.
The truth has long been left in the dust of his history. Even the final disclosure of his current returns will only allow him to continue to play his victim card.
We can only beat him by finding a new champion with solutions to real problems. rally behind them, and vote him out in a massive landslide.

 

watoos

(7,142 posts)
6. Who cares about Trump and his gullible
Wed May 8, 2019, 08:40 AM
May 2019

base of zombies.

The only way we lose in 2020 is if we fight among ourselves, is if we don't turn out to vote.

forthemiddle

(1,379 posts)
7. Didn't we know about all of this?
Wed May 8, 2019, 08:41 AM
May 2019

Maybe not the specifics, but I remember this time period, and the stories about his failed businesses. They had news specials about Trumps downfall at that time.
He declared bankruptcy 5 times, I think, and during the election I, and many others tried to convince people that he wasn’t the businessman he claims to be.
I don’t think thirty year old tax reports changes anyone’s mind, we need the current ones.

mucifer

(23,524 posts)
8. We have all sorts of info trump u fraud didn't matter he just paid a fine and the story
Wed May 8, 2019, 08:48 AM
May 2019

disappeared. Nothing ever sticks.

Kid Berwyn

(14,867 posts)
9. Wouldn't Trump be the 'Poorest Man in America' when he owes billions?
Wed May 8, 2019, 08:50 AM
May 2019

With a mountain of debt like his, the Unstable Moron certainly shouldn’t be playing golf.

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