Trump: There's Been 'Very, Very Little Pressure' To Release My Tax Returns

[DonViejo]

Source: Talking Points Memo

Donald Trump on Thursday night again indicated that he has no plans to release his tax returns, saying that he won't be motivated to release them even if Hillary Clinton releases the transcripts of the speeches she gave at Wall Street banks.

During an interview on Fox News, Greta Van Susteren asked Trump if he would release his tax returns from years no longer under audit if Clinton releases her speech transcripts. "I don't think the transcripts — they don't mean very much to me. What really means something are the 33,000 emails that she deleted, that's what I think she should be giving up," Trump replied.

Van Susteren pressed Trump, asking why he is unwilling to release tax returns that are no longer under audit, even if he still refuses to publicize his most recent documents. "Most people don't care about it," Trump responded. "I’ve had very, very little pressure."

The Republican nominee argued that when Romney released his tax returns, the documents weren't very revealing.

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Read more: http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/donald-trump-tax-returns-no-pressure

[redwitch]

1. Get going twitter sphere!!!!

Damn he is dumb!

[mpcamb]

27. Let's get a groundswell going!

[Hulk]

2. And the typical fox moron is satisfied with that.

We are talking about some of the most blatantly ignorant people in the country. Drumpf says the sky is green, and they accept it. Nuff said.

[Angry Dragon]

12. The sky is green at times

during a tornado

[Bernardo de La Paz]

3. Keep the pressure up. Everytime he has to refuse, the story gains legs. . . . nt

[underpants]

4. He live inside an incredible bubble

He'll never get pressure from the circle of yes men who rely on him for money.

[Wellstone ruled]

5. Romney never released his Tax Forms.

Only thing that surfaced,was a sanitized white paper summary. And that was a joke.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

6. Trump argued that Romney's returns weren't very revealing. So Trump has nothing to be afraid of.

Release the returns.

Either they aren't revealing so no problem releasing them, or ...

... or they are very revealing and we know Trump is hiding something or lots of things.


Could be one of or all of:

* Loans from Russian oligarchs

* Net worth a lot less than he wants us to believe

* Charity donation scams / low donations

* Offshore accounts / offshore manufacturing

* Paid ridiculously low taxes


He wants to have his cake and eat it too.

[Angry Dragon]

11. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^

[MADem]

23. All of the above, I am thinking....

He's probably got a massive amount of debt.

[groundloop]

7. Another question he should be asked - WHY ARE YOU BEING AUDITED BY THE IRS?

If Barack Obama or Hillary Clinton were being audited by the IRS they'd be portrayed as tax dodging crooks and it would be on the news 24/7.

On second thought maybe nobody's paying attention to tRump on this because the world already knows he's a tax dodging crook.

[neeksgeek]

8. Memo to Trump: "very, very" isn't a number. n/t

[IronLionZion]

9. "There's something going on"

Dude is definitely hiding something. Like the fact that he's much less wealthy than he claims. He just wasn't as successful in business as he'd like us to believe.

He needs to hear that and let it bother him.

[tavernier]

15. ^^^^^

[Angry Dragon]

10. I am still waiting for the 22 million deleted emails of Karl Rove

[ffr]

18. Me too.

Don't get me started. I'm still on a high after 4-days of DEM love.

[calguy]

13. What he means is....

there's been very, very little pressure from the GOP, his wife, and his kids.

[dvduval]

14. Release!

If Donald wants to prove he is an honest person, he needs to be more transparent. It is that simple.

[randr]

16. He wont allow the people who would ask for them into his events

When you censor people you only hear what you want to hear.

[KewlKat]

17. During the DNC Convention, there was a commercial type video that had

numerous mentions of the years he paid no taxes...so there are some years out there somewhere...can we set up a website with either the taxes or links to the taxes......and then spam the crap out of it to get some tax return visibility?

I FOUND THIS INFO JUST NOW:

In a video shown during the Democratic National Convention on Thursday, former Obama cabinet member Austan Goolsbee claimed Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump paid no taxes or "basically" no taxes in five different calendar years.

Plain Dealer fact check: True

Goolsbee, an economist who served as chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers under President Obama, ridiculed Trump for his refusal thus far to release his federal tax returns, as has been customary for presidential nominees in the major parties for decades.

Goolsbee suggested Trump may be squelching the tax returns because he may not want people to know how little Trump pays in taxes, or because he may have questionable tax write-offs, or because he may not make as much as has been claimed.

Trump has fueled speculation over the months when asked about how much he pays in taxes.

"It's none of your business," Trump told ABC recently when asked about his tax rate. "You'll see it when I release, but I fight very hard to pay as little tax as possible."

Goolsbee said Trump paid no taxes in 1978, 1979, 1984 and basically no taxes in 1991 and 1993. It's not necessarily illegal to pay no taxes.

According to multiple media outlets that obtained reports filed by Trump, he didn't pay federal taxes for two out of five years covered by a 1981 report Trump submitted to New Jersey gambling regulators as part of his application for a casino license for a proposed hotel-casino. Page 33 contains the information Trump's income and taxes for 1975 through 1979. It says he paid no taxes in 1978 and 1979 because he lost money those years.

In 1975, 1976, and 1977, Trump claimed $76,210, $24,594, and $118,530 in income, respectively, paying $18,714, $10,832, and $42,386 in federal taxes, according to the document.

In 1984, he also didn't pay any taxes, according to the Daily Beast, which reported on two tax appeals Trump filed in the 1990s. (He lost both cases.)

Likewise, Trump paid zero or near zero in 1991 and 1993, also because of losses disclosed in records submitted to New Jersey gambling regulators and reviewed by Politico.

[trof]

19. And I believe him. Absolutely.

The guy wouldn't lie about that.
Trust me.

[7962]

20. Well then I reckon we need to increase the pressure!!!!

[George II]

21. From whom, Melania?

[63splitwindow]

22. Being open and honest with the American people requires that pressure be applied?

Obviously, OBVIOUSLY...

[Hav]

24. Credit to Van Susteren

She at least made the obvious point that many seem to be missing. Why not release the tax returns that aren't audited anymore? That shows how bad his excuse is.

[sarcasmo]

25. Mark Cuban is right.

[Tal Vez]

26. Trump has more or less stated that if he releases his tax returns, he will lose

the election. So, there probably isn't anything that could get him to do it.

[Gothmog]

28. Trump is lying