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Mon Sep 28, 2020, 02:52 AM Sep 2020

Tax bombshell reveals Trump's image is a sham

It was the moment when Donald Trump's "Art of the Deal" fabulism, billionaire tycoon bluster and populist standard-bearing for forgotten Americans was revealed to be what it always looked like: a sham.
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"This is a con man in the White House," presidential historian Douglas Brinkley told CNN Sunday, referring to a President who shattered convention by refusing to release his tax records to the public while running for office.
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It leaves the President facing multiple questions about his morals, behavior — and patriotism since he appears to be paying more in taxes to several foreign nations than he is to Uncle Sam. The reporting also raises the possibility that Trump's deceptive accounting, already the focus of several investigations in New York, could open him up to serious legal issues when he leaves office.

The Times report, for instance, says that the President has been battling the Internal Revenue Service for years over whether losses he claimed should have resulted in a staggering tax refund of $73 million. - Action News 12
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Tax bombshell reveals Trump's image is a sham (Original Post) ffr Sep 2020 OP
He's the new SHAM WOW! guy. TheBlackAdder Sep 2020 #1
I see what you did there Brother Buzz Sep 2020 #2
... sprinkleeninow Sep 2020 #3
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