Trump tax returns released, and no one is surprised that he was doing tax avoidence

[Viri]

Contrary to his constant stream of word diarrhea, Trump hasn't been audited any time in the last decade or so. He was supposed to be audited his first year in office, just as Obama and Biden were, but it never happened. Guess all the right palms got greased.

Didn't the Democrats control the House and Senate just last year? Why didn't they Audit him then?

 

[ZeroT21]

Isn't much of a surprise even if he is the biggest crime boss

 

[Deleted member 586536]

Source.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-39264663
"The president's salary has been fixed at $400,000 a year since 2001. Mr Trump had previously said he would take only $1 a year, because the president is required by law to receive a salary."

"US President Donald Trump will donate his $400,000 (£329,620) salary to charity at the end of 2017, his spokesman has confirmed."

 

[TraderPatTX]

So in other words, Trump's accountants used the tax law in his favor, legally. This is the big reveal after 6 years. No law broken. Just that our tax laws, which were passed by the uniparty for decades, favor the rich. Did you not already know this? Does this surprise you? He came out when he first started running and said this is what he was doing. Even Dave Chappelle made a joke about it. And the fake news media gleefully programmed you to think that Trump would be going to jail for tax evasion.

Between this and the House subpoena being dropped, what exactly has the uniparty accomplished so far? How many failures does this make now?

Are the walls closing in around Trump or is this the beginning of the end?

 

[Deleted member 586536]

Didn't the Democrats control the House and Senate just last year? Why didn't they Audit him then?

Trump blocked it as much as possible, he stalled in the courts as long as he could.

 

[Xzi]

Audit him now.

I don't work for the IRS or I would. Biden's probably too afraid that it would appear politically motivated. Regardless, everybody should be interested in finding out more about his Chinese bank account, especially if he's going to be the Republican candidate again.

 

[Hanafuda]

I don't work for the IRS or I would. Biden's probably too afraid that it would appear politically motivated. Regardless, everybody should be interested in finding out more about his Chinese bank account, especially if he's going to be the Republican candidate again.

He has hotels (at least) in China. This is surprising?

If there's anything there, surely with his tax records now open to the public surely there's no more thorough audit to be had.

Now let's publish the tax records of all those in Congress who voted to publish his.

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https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-39264663
"The president's salary has been fixed at $400,000 a year since 2001. Mr Trump had previously said he would take only $1 a year, because the president is required by law to receive a salary."

"US President Donald Trump will donate his $400,000 (£329,620) salary to charity at the end of 2017, his spokesman has confirmed."

His spokesman. I said a direct quote from Trump himself. What did he say about it?

I gotta go to bed now, sorry. Gotta go to work tomorrow so I can pay taxes.

 

[TraderPatTX]

https://factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com.33682XG

"After Congress released details on Donald Trump's taxes in December 2022, Democratic activists and groups claimed on social media that the report indicated the former US president did not donate his salary as he had promised. This is misleading; while the document includes wages Trump earned while in the White House, independent tax experts say it shows he gave that money away, and public records indicate he made contributions to federal agencies."

So now the argument is being changed from "Trump committed tax evasion" over the past 6 years to "Trump didn't really give his salary to charity".

The left are losing their minds in their desperation to get Trump. I'm really gonna enjoy watching the left fail at everything in 2023.

 

[Deleted member 586536]

He has hotels (at least) in China. This is surprising?

China bad this, china bad that. China, china, china, china. Meruica jobs only, no foreign jobs, money should stay within the states. Tough on china.
Additionally, he should of gave the business away while being president (temporarily until he became private citizen, not permanently). Your not allowed to have foreign financial interests as president, conflict of interest+security issue. (aka, have a direct business, like the CEO, or owner of the company)

 

[TraderPatTX]

Trump blocked it as much as possible, he stalled in the courts as long as he could.

And now precedent has been set. I can think of 437 people and their families and businesses whose taxes need to be made public now.

 

[Xzi]

He has hotels (at least) in China. This is surprising?

He has hotels in a lot of countries without having paired bank accounts with them. Definitely surprising after trying to push a "tough on China" image for so long.

Now let's publish the tax records of all those in Congress who voted to publish his.

Better yet: make it law that anyone running for federal office be required to disclose at least five years of tax returns. Most of the candidates with nothing to hide already do it willingly, which means most Republicans do not.

 

[Viri]

tough on China

That part saddens me. The US gov is still too weak on China.

 

[Xzi]

That part saddens me. The US gov is still too weak on China.

Things are largely in a holding pattern right now, and IMO that's because Russia's invasion of Ukraine was a canary in the coal mine for China's invasion of Taiwan. The former went very poorly, so China is reconsidering. Good thing too, because the US is definitely willing to go to war over the world's biggest microchip manufacturer.

Other than that, tensions are still high, TikTok might get banned...etc.

 

[Darth Meteos]

no one cares. all you do is spew out garbage that not a single person gives a shit about.

and why should he donate his salary? I don't see you donating yours at all. Also, fuck paying taxes. That bs shouldn't even exist.

a dude with a bobby hill pfp attempting to respond to a well-cited post with "lmao who cares"
i'm shocked, shocked, you hear?

and to boot he doesn't know how countries work
do you contend we should live in an anarchist society without a government? because i don't see another option if you aren't in favor of the government funding itself from its people

 

[Deleted member 586536]

His spokesman. I said a direct quote from Trump himself. What did he say about it?

This is a really pedantic argument. This is Trump's spokesman in the white house, aka Trump told him to say that.

When presidents pretty often ask other people to talk for them, it's really silly to say "well Biden/Obama/Trump didn't say this, his spokesman did. I want to know what the president said" when said thing, was because whatever president asked them to say it.

Let's make the facts clear.

Trump said he wanted to not take any salary, that was the promise in 2015-2016, his word. When he became president, he learned he couldn't do that, and changed plans to making it into charities with asking media outlets on the location in 2017.

(we learn that charities part from Sean Spicer, white-house press Secretary and communications director. You pretty much say what the president wants you to, it's literately the PR department.)

The clear intention was to show that he was noble, and did say he'd donate all 4 years (it's implied by the fact he intended to not take a salary at all period). 2017 the trail goes cold, I'm not finding much about it, it's buried among current stories and older shit. If I looked for another 3 hours (hyperbole) I'd probably find more.

However in 2018 and 2019, we know he started donating to federal agencies, which you can get some form of reimbursement. Which is already a bit of a broken promise at that point. In 2020, the last 6 months, which was right about when elections cranked to 11. We don't know where or if he even donated it, and it looks like he didn't.

At the end of the day he broke the charity promise.

 

[jurai]

no one cares. all you do is spew out garbage that not a single person gives a shit about.

and why should he donate his salary? I don't see you donating yours at all. Also, fuck paying taxes. That bs shouldn't even exist.

Because he said he was going to donate it you dumb fuck?

 

[lolcatzuru]

Never donated his presidential salary, was never tough on China. Pays less in taxes than some homeless people and undocumented immigrants. Proof positive that you can be a millionaire and still remain white trash.

not only is none of this true, it can all be tracked.

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not only is none of this true, it can all be tracked.

also did this get him? or will we add this to the list of things that were suppose to get him him and didnt?

 

[Xzi]

not only is none of this true, it can all be tracked.

You're not allowed to be shocked that the guy who sold $100 digital trading cards is a lying grifter. I know your ego is all wrapped up in Trumpism, but it's better to rip that band-aid off now. Politicians and celebrities are not meant to be worshiped, let alone politicians that are too inept to govern and D-list reality TV celebrities.

 

[Dinomite]

still remain white trash.

No need to be racist

 

[urherenow]

Trump blocked it as much as possible, he stalled in the courts as long as he could.

The courts have nothing to do with it. The IRS, is supposed to audit the POTUS. Period. Every year, in fact. He just never wanted to make it PUBLIC, and there is no law stating that he has to. Not his fault the IRS didn't do its job.
And He never said charity. He said a government program (which is exactly what he did), and he only said that after he learned that he could not refuse his salary. So far, the only thing you have proven is that you don't know a damn thing about any of this. You just deperately want to see him burn and for all the bullshit the left says to be true.

Have fun with that. Been out of office for nearly 3 years, and the Orange man still keeps you up at night. And... you still believe he did his own taxes. Thousands of pages worth, every year. Lol.