Multibillionaire Warren Buffett challenged fellow business mogul Donald Trump on Monday night to meet him “any place, any time” ahead of the election to answer questions about their tax returns and suggested Trump is “afraid” of what his returns will reveal.
Although Trump has frequently claimed he can’t release his income tax returns because he’s under audit, Buffett, one of the wealthiest men in the world, said: “I’ve got news for him, I’m under audit too.”
“I would be delighted to meet him any place, any time between now and election, I’ll bring my tax return, he can bring his tax return, and just let people ask us questions about the items that are on there,” the philanthropist told the crowd at a Hillary Clinton campaign event in Omaha.
He also suggested Trump must have something to hide for refusing to release his tax returns.
“You’re only afraid if you’ve got something to be afraid about,” Buffett said. “He’s not afraid of the IRS. He’s afraid because of you.”
After which, Trump and Buffet will engage in a friendly, “wet Y-front briefs contest.”
This is good, but what I really want to see is that at the first debate, Hillary says, “Mr. Trump, you’ve wanted me to release the transcripts of my speeches to Wall Street. Here they are [holding up transcripts]. I’ll give them to you if you’ll promise to release your tax returns within the next seven days.”
Wow, thanks for leaving me with that image this early in the morning…
I bet Buffett would win, though.
But the question is, which Drumpf tax returns?
His American ones, or his Russian ones?
Trump will never show his returns, and he will never debate Clinton. He may have a poor understanding of how his bullying tactics turn off voters, but he does know that being shown up as stupid, uninformed, cheap, and poor is not the way to win. He knows the taxes and debates would show him in exactly that light. So it will never happen.