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Greg Evans
May 08, 2019
Donald Trump has attempted to defend himself in response to allegations that he lost over $1bn in a 10 year period between the 1980s and 1990s.
In a series of tweets posted after the New York Times published a report claiming that due to his substantial losses between 1985 and 1994, Trump did pay any tax for eight of those ten years. For obvious reasons this information has raised a lot of eyebrows.
Trump attempted to explain that the figures published by the newspaper were not of concern to him as not only did all real estate owners do the same, it's fine because he was trying to avoid tax and it was basically 'a sport.'
Trump's boastful claim was soon met with derision and criticism as many claimed that it simply didn't add up as he is basically admitting to tax fraud.
@realDonaldTrump We had the same tax code from 1986 through 2017. Depreciation - expensing the cost of a business a… https://t.co/haMvKChcO6— Rob Leder (@Rob Leder) 1557315805
The “sport” Trump’s talking about — purposely underreporting income or inflating losses to lower his tax rate — cou… https://t.co/MFpK5MBK2b— Chris Sommerfeldt (@Chris Sommerfeldt) 1557322294
NYTimes reporting & @realDonaldTrum’s “defense goes directly to the heart of @AnandWrites thesis - the loopholes &… https://t.co/TKe3Rgt4YA— Stephanie Ruhle (@Stephanie Ruhle) 1557319918
President Trump responds to @nytimes piece re: real estate losses by discussing the “sport” of gaming the IRS. https://t.co/ZOZv42s8c7— Ryan Wood (@Ryan Wood) 1557319260
This is patently untrue. Banks/clients parcel the money in installments as you're "actively building" and you shou… https://t.co/Qf1UUKsiK3— Sarah Reese Jones (@Sarah Reese Jones) 1557319026
Given the seriousness of these allegations, you would think that people wouldn't make jokes about this but this is Donald Trump we are talking about and there is always a joke to be made.
In which President Trump describes filling out tax forms as a "sport," presumably one similar to hide-and-seek. If… https://t.co/dPNDsMUbDD— Nicholas Kristof (@Nicholas Kristof) 1557315371
Trump: “You libs don’t get it, I commit tax fraud for the sport of it!” 🤨 https://t.co/doQepCv2OF— Santa Claus, CEO (@Santa Claus, CEO) 1557323328
@realDonaldTrump It's okay, Donald. There's nothing wrong with being poor.— Keith Boykin (@Keith Boykin) 1557322333
I didn’t do it but everybody was doing it https://t.co/Edp3zcahjk— Xeni (@Xeni) 1557317244
I did it. I totally did it, and it was fun like a sport, but it's FAKE NEWS! https://t.co/hsLE1otQ8J— Kimberley Johnson (@Kimberley Johnson) 1557323164
"The kettle was broken when you lent it to me and also I never borrowed it in the first place." https://t.co/eGsYQlM0Z4— Jacob Brogan (@Jacob Brogan) 1557316247
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