Exclusive: The Times has obtained tax-return data for President Trump extending over more than two decades.
— The New York Times (@nytimes) September 27, 2020
It shows his finances under stress, beset by losses that he aggressively employs to avoid paying taxes and hundreds of millions in debt coming due. https://t.co/gstfYLEe5V
"We are publishing this report because we believe citizens should understand as much as possible about their leaders and representatives." Read a note from Dean Baquet, the executive editor of The New York Times, about the Trump tax investigation. https://t.co/emVbI7K0C5
— The New York Times (@nytimes) September 27, 2020
New York Times publishes Donald Trump's tax returns in election bombshell https://t.co/5lQYD8f4RR
— The Guardian (@guardian) September 27, 2020
We know they are going to be many more shoes to drop from the tax returns. Including outright tax fraud. But what we know now is he manipulated his taxes in ways that meant the rest of us who pay our fair share were cheated by him. This, ladies and gentlemen, is our President.
— Norman Ornstein (@NormOrnstein) September 27, 2020
In 2018, Trump announced in his disclosure that he had made at least $434.9 million. The tax records deliver a very different portrait of his bottom line: $47.4 million in losses.https://t.co/TfRg1B5Ix0
— Julia Davis (@JuliaDavisNews) September 27, 2020
Trump’s Taxes: 18 Revelations from a Trove of Records – The New York Times https://t.co/5XYMoPMQmu
— John Bresnahan (@bresreports) September 27, 2020
Trump wrote off a mansion for a family vacation from his taxes: taxes showhttps://t.co/UeUogDC4YG
— Raw Story (@RawStory) September 27, 2020
To me, the most alarming tidbit in the @nytimes' story isn't the $750 bill or the dubious refund; it's that a President running for re-election would be on the hook for upwards of $421 million in loans during his second term. It's not hard to imagine the incentives that'd create. https://t.co/SdbLOlhRSQ
— Steve Vladeck (@steve_vladeck) September 27, 2020
You can read Trump's tax returns two ways: either Donald Trump is the greatest tax cheat in US history – or he is a financial desperado hopelessly in debt to God knows who & needs every dollar he scams from Secret Service golf car rentals just to pay the electricity bill
— David Frum (@davidfrum) September 27, 2020
Raise your hand if you pay more taxes than supposed “billionaire” Donald Trump. 🖐
— The Lincoln Project (@ProjectLincoln) September 27, 2020
Pretty easy line here for Biden. President Trump's voters shouldn't pay more taxes than President Trump.
— Rory Cooper (@rorycooper) September 27, 2020
This is obviously important and no doubt brilliant journalism but I do wonder how much difference, if any, it will make with his followers? https://t.co/7xz9sCPXki
— Dli O’Doir (@dli_odoir) September 27, 2020
This whole @realDonaldTrump presidency has been like an awfully written heist movie where the big twist in the end is that he steals millions by not paying his taxes. No politics. No ethos. Just a giant grift. It’s like Hans in Die Hard: “Who said we were terrorists?”
— Dave Zirin (@EdgeofSports) September 27, 2020
The shelves are empty. Like the words. Come for the enabling, stay for the corruption. 0/10 #DonMcGahn @FaceTheNation pic.twitter.com/03rXKGiIuh
— Room Rater (@ratemyskyperoom) September 27, 2020
Now trending. pic.twitter.com/coyPMhOd3z
— Clay Harris 🇪🇺💉💉💉💉💉😷 (@mudlarklives) September 27, 2020
Bottom line of Trump's news conference is he refused to tell the American public whether he paid his taxes over the last 20 years.He has no intention of coming clean before election day.Ifyou think that in 17 years he paid $1500 in taxes as a "billionaire" you should vote for him
— Joe Lockhart (@joelockhart) September 27, 2020
By my count, in the briefing just now he called on RealClearPolitics, Newsmax, and OANN. A couple more I couldn’t identify, but they weren’t the mainstream outlets.
— Ian Sams (@IanSams) September 27, 2020
He wanted his binky today. https://t.co/HUCTpnMWIW
Two notes about the @nytimes piece:
— Simon Marks (@SimonMarksFSN) September 27, 2020
1) This was always going to come out. He's mad not to have controlled the narrative himself. Crackers.
2) The post-Presidency for Trump – whenever it comes – will be a very grim affair as he battles massive financial and legal challenges.
Meanwhile…
You don't need a fancy algorithm to know that Trump is losing, pretty badly at the moment. The Supreme Court pick doesn't seem to be helping him. The COVID situation may be getting worse again. Maybe the debates will help. But the clock is ticking: people are already voting.
— Nate Silver (@NateSilver538) September 27, 2020
NEW: The fight over Judge AMY CONEY BARRETT's confirmation is expected to cost $40M, & possible much more.
— Kenneth P. Vogel (@kenvogel) September 27, 2020
But neither side expects the spending to impact the result; it's more about rallying their respective bases in the presidential & Senate races. https://t.co/kdugztNzfs
With more than 200,000 lives lost to COVID-19, the U.S. is facing a reckoning on science and politics. Even basic scientific research is now being seen through the lens of the 2020 election and Trump politics.
— This Week (@ThisWeekABC) September 27, 2020
This is a big problem, health experts say: https://t.co/zQXncCptAE
Virus cases rise in U.S. heartland, home to anti-mask feelings
— Mike Walker (@New_Narrative) September 27, 2020
https://t.co/S6PRemsOng
COVID-19 cases are once again on the rise nationally.
— Adam Schiff (@RepAdamSchiff) September 27, 2020
Instead of acting to slow the spread, Trump is taking $300 million from the CDC for an election season ad campaign.
On masks? No. Distancing? No.
To claim everything is fine. It’s not.
It’s corrupt, pathetic, and deadly. https://t.co/QF83yk5dGX
“It’s unconscionable how badly we’ve done.” https://t.co/qSQakNx0yw
— Slate (@Slate) September 27, 2020
4) So footage from that Michigan Trump rally—
— Eric Feigl-Ding (@DrEricDing) September 27, 2020
CNN @Acosta: “Why are you not wearing your mask?"
Rallygoer: "Because there's no COVID. It's a fake pandemic. Created to destroy the United States of America."
➡️ This epidemiologist wants to vomit. #COVID19pic.twitter.com/QnrBITXtA7
Fucking Hell. It’s not like this country is teetering on the fucking brink or anything important like that. https://t.co/BOvW3WC8Al
— Joshua Holland (@JoshuaHol) September 27, 2020
This man preaches about 20. minutes north of my district. He has a press pass to the WH and was invited to go to David by Trump. The only folks he hates as much as Black people, are “Jews.”
— Pam Keith, Esq. (@PamKeithFL) September 27, 2020
This is America on Trump. Vote like your life depends on it.
It does. https://t.co/ORU14n8Erp
I launched Press Watch 11 months ago tomorrow with this question: It would be insane for America to re-elect Trump. Why can’t journalists say that? https://t.co/XQMCVa1Euk
— Dan Froomkin (PressWatchers.org) (@froomkin) September 27, 2020
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WORLDWIDE
The US has told Iraq's government + its diplomatic partners that it’s planning a full withdrawal from its Baghdad embassy unless Iraq reins in attacks on personnel linked to the American presence. https://t.co/g2sNZpMo9f
— Louisa Loveluck (@leloveluck) September 27, 2020
BREAKING: Local sources in Iraq are reporting of a plot to storm the US Embassy in Baghdad and take hostages. The Green Zone may be evacuated. https://t.co/VDOuPdAJIz
— Scott Stedman (indefinite hiatus) (@ScottMStedman) September 27, 2020
oh and…
A court hearing to determine whether TikTok is banned in the US today starts in Washington DC in 10 minutes. On a Sunday. Really. Lots has been happening overnight, with the tech industry saying a ban would be damaging https://t.co/eKXnXt2P58
— Chris Stokel-Walker (@stokel) September 27, 2020
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BORISHAMBLES BRITAIN
Boris Johnson is facing either a massive defeat this week or the most humiliating climbdown of his U-turn-studded career. Parliament is poised to stop rule by fiat. All the signs are that the PM, a constitutional wrecking ball, and Dominic Cummings are on their way out
— Mary Riddell (@MaryRiddell) September 27, 2020
Lib Dems vote to push for renewed EU membership in long term https://t.co/7VqptM7RPn
— The Guardian (@guardian) September 27, 2020
Tomorrow's front page: Ban this hell meat from UK #tomorrowspaperstodayhttps://t.co/7LOKwSX5B1 pic.twitter.com/U04bXM68fr
— The Mirror (@DailyMirror) September 27, 2020
MAIL: Police start Corona spot checks #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/hJIYemocYO
— Neil Henderson (@hendopolis) September 27, 2020
Finally…
Don’t let anyone ever tell you that you can’t do something. 🤘🏻💪🔥♥️
— Kevin W. (@Brink_Thinker) September 27, 2020
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