Trump's Newly Released Tax Returns are a Fake out? Another deception by Herr Trump?

[UCmeNdc]

Think about it for a second. How does anyone know these are really the correct 2005 Donald Trump tax information? Notice how quickly the Trump camp was prepared to reply about the Tax return?

It seemed almost as if the release was designed to be an attack on Racheal Maddow. It sure seems strange how Sean Hannity was so prepared to fan outrage toward R. Maddow. There seemed to be an organized effort to discredit her reporting on Trump and his corruption.

That tax return seems mighty strange. Racheal Maddow better double check all of her sources in the future. I think this was some sort of set up designed by the Trump administration only Racheal did not take the bait.

[Hortensis]

1. Most seem to suspect Rump "leaked" it himself, going back

11 years to cherry pick 1 fairly innocuous page from one huge return. But what was Rump doing his usual distraction from? Too many issues and scandals going on me to guess.

But I highly doubt it was just to embarrass Rachel. They couldn't know she'd make the mistake of overhyping what turned out to be just 1 page showing that in 2005 he actually made money and paid surprisingly high taxes for a billionaire--instead of confirming that he paid little or none. (Don't disappoint the media!) Anyway, the right was already gunning for her big time, for excellent reason of course.

Real question, NOT to be distracted from: What was the Rump camp's real purpose in this? This single page tells people what he wants them to believe--he made money and paid plenty of taxes (not as much as them, but then he's their winner), without giving the slightest hint where the money came from. A major argument for the he-leaked-it theory.

Wild speculation, of course, but perhaps they're worried a congressional committee will subpoena all his returns and he's prepping with some of his usual media and follower manipulation against the day when he fails to comply? He has a long history of hiding and destroying subpoenaed documents, and of simply refusing to produce them.

[moondust]

4. Real purpose?

Possibly to send it to someone, wait until that someone "illegally" (per Trump) makes it public, then destroy their careers and savage their employers with lawsuits and such. That'll shut 'em up!

[Hortensis]

5. Well, he sent it to a Pulitzer Price winner who knows all his games

and the legalities of these things. Being Rump, though, of course he wouldn't realize that.

[Cryptoad]

2. Anybody can file out a 1040 tax return

it does not mean this was a copy of what was filed with the IRS. I put nuttin pass tRump

[caroldansen]

3. That makes sense. One of his cronies probably did it and he knew and called it fake news.