Eric Trump on Wednesday morning defended his father’s decision not to release his tax returns, arguing that the documents would not reveal much and allow people to make “assumptions.”
“You would have a bunch of people who know nothing about taxes trying to look through and trying to come up with assumptions on things that they know nothing about,” Eric Trump said on CNBC, describing what would happen if Donald Trump released his tax returns. “It would be foolish to do.”
Eric Trump claimed that you “don’t learn that much from a tax return.”
“I heard someone the other day, ‘Oh well, Trump has ties to the mob. … If he released his tax returns you would clearly see that,'” he said. “Are you guys kidding me? You learn a lot more when you look at a person’s assets. You know how many hotels we have around the world. You know how many golf courses we have around the world.”
He also touted his father’s favorite reason to keep his tax returns private: he’s under audit!
“There is no tax attorney in the world who will tell you to release your tax returns while you’re under a standard, routine audit. It would never happen. Anybody who thinks that is in la la land,” Eric Trump said on CNBC.
Watch a clip from the interview via CNBC. The conversation turns to taxes at the 2 minute mark.
H/t Huffington Post
Well, he’s certainly right. It WOULD be foolish. After all, it would sink the campaign. Send it right to the bottom.
As for having people who don’t know anything looking through the returns, hey, Eric, ya think that the networks and The New York Times, WAPO and LA Times might hire tax experts to review them? Or is that what you’re afraid of.
Cretins.
Yes, it would be foolish to do what you promised to do. I tell my kids that all the time.
It would be foolish because it would reveal that Trump is a tax cheat, isn’t as rich as he says he is, and has dealings with hostile foreign governments.
if you think checking his assets is the way to go then let’s see the balance sheets…
of course that would have to list debits and liabilities too…
how much of a liability are you and the rest of the kids listed as… for instance?
Hmmmm, he didn’t deny the mob ties, did he?