The whining and handwringing from the right over the release of Trump’s tax returns is making me crazy. Seriously? The man who refused to release his returns as every other presidents for the past half century hve done, had foreign business entanglements, refused to divest his companies and was clearly still involved in the businesses throughout his term is running for president again! He officially announced it!
As Noah Bookbinder in the Atlantic writes:
Getting Trump’s tax returns should not have been this hard. Every president elected since Richard Nixon—with the exception of Trump—has publicly disclosed his tax returns. Tax returns can tell the American people, and Congress, whether a president is following the law and behaving honestly. Crucially for Trump, who uniquely and inappropriately retained ownership of a massive international business while president, they can provide information about conflicts of interest that may have swayed his decision making.
They’re out. It’s going to take some time for the experts to sort through them and since they were not properly audited, the IRS probably didn’t have a lot of the back-up documentation they would have demanded to prove Trump’s claims.But experts should be able to tell a lot and we’ll know if due course.
Here’s one thing we’ve learned already:
When I think about this jerks screaming “lock her up!” for the past six years over alleged transgressions that are minuscule compared to this stuff it makes my head spin. And the prospect of their next jihad against Hunter Biden when their Dear leader is clearly a criminal of epic proportions it just makes me tired. Shamelessness is a powerful drug.
Speaking of shamelessness:
He sounds a little rattled, don’t you think?