Rachel Maddow

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(03-17-2017, 09:56 AM)Belsnickel Wrote: I don't get the fascination with his taxes. Do I think they should be shared? Absolutely, I think that should be something every candidate should release. I also find it very sad that he had said he would release them, only to backpedal and give an excuse that is bull shit for doing so. But honestly what does it matter if the public sees them at this point?

I'm in favor of an investigation on the Trump/Russia stuff to get it all out of the way so we can move past it and get to policy. If the tax records have the potential to show anything they will be acquired at that point and the people who need to see the information, will.

You are correct. And of course, investigating Russia could end the Trump presidency meaning we would get on to policy with Pence, assuming he didn't go down with the ship.

But it is quite clear why Trump will move heaven and earth, perhaps even resign the presidency and seek asylum in a friendly country like Russia to avoid disclosing his taxes. They are the keystone of "the big lie." He doesn't have anywhere near the money he says he has, and he is not a good business person. Revealing his taxes will make that quite clear. Sure, he's rich enough, and getting richer every day through his schemes to loot the treasury and monetize the presidency while the House leadership fiddles. But he doesn't want the big lie exposed. It is not just pride and ego, but the fact that every lie he has told from the ones he tells as Donald Trump to the one's he tells when he calls reporters and pretends to be someone else talking about Donald Trump all hinge on his make believe billions.