Trump Says ‘People Don’t Care’ Whether They See His Tax Returns

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President Donald Trump said Wednesday morning that he does not want to release his tax returns while he is under an audit and argued that Americans don’t actually care whether they see them.

Now, I will say this, I would love to give them, but I’m not going to do it while I’m under audit. It’s very simple,” he said. “Remember, I got elected last time. The same exact issue with the same intensity, which wasn’t very much because, frankly, the people don’t care.”

Trump has used his claim that he is under audit as an excuse not to release his taxes in the past. But his returns are again in focus as the administration determines whether it will comply with House Democrats request for the documents.

Secretary of the Treasury Steve Mnuchin told lawmakers on Tuesday that he would “comply with the law,” but added, “I have not made a comment one way or another whether we will supply the tax returns.”

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  1. Show us the Audit letter from the IRS or state taxing authority.

  2. and by “People” he means “FOX & Friends”.

  3. and by “People” he means "FOX & Friends and all their viewers and don’t forget about Limbaugh’s ditto heads

  4. A lot of those people who don’t care if THEY see it sure as hell want Richie Neal to see it.

  5. A most defensive Trump this morning:

    • No one wants to see his tax returns
    • Russia investigators are traitors
    • Obstruction isn’t obstruction. Investigating treason is treason.

    Translation: the Mueller Report is coming out. It’s bad. I’m going to distract on obstruction by going the full Nunes to attack the ‘oranges’ of the investigation as corrupt, which would therefore justify my being corrupt. Everyone who isn’ for me will be branded as a traitor because I really hate that word as I keep getting caught in situations where I sell my country out for a buck.

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