It's like doping in cycling. Everybody else is doing it, so it's OK!
He said he would release them, then never did. So, is he a liar?
I will say this on the tax returns. Most politicians don’t have a tax return as complicated/robust as Trumps. The release of his return would be nothing more of a smear campaign noting he is uber wealthy when you look at the figures or they will look at losses on the return when not factoring things like depreciation or amortization add backs in and say he cannot operate a business at a profit.
Further he will have ownership of assets with other parties that most likely don’t want to be in the spotlight for legitimate reasons - but his opponents and the press will push on this for leverage/dirt. Judging by our media they will make a mountain out of a molehill and the masses will buy it.
As for taxes - politicians make deals all the time for tax abatements in trade for job creation/land development where they pull taxes from employees/sales/other development etc. My guess would be a small percentage of people can grasp the full process.
The guy has been audited left and right - if he committed a crime he would be in jail - God knows the left is trying. The thing with his personal financial statements was such Bs - nearly all my customers would be in jail if this was prosecuted across the masses - so would most of you (and myself).
It takes me a year or two to get an analyst to be able to read a return like what I imagine Trumps look like. The media is going to Bank on the average person having no idea what they are looking at and beat him up.
If you want to audit Trump - audit all of these clowns. Tell me how half these politicians go from nothing financially to multi-millionaires on a civil service salary.
It’s all BS.
I am not a fan of either candidate - but it is really obvious a different rule book is applied to Trump.
If I could vote anything, I would vote the media out. Tabloid behavior took over real reporting - and the American public bought it hook line and sinker.