From top trust french right wing paper (google translate)
Trump would not have paid federal taxes for ten years
A potentially explosive New York Times investigation this Sunday reveals information on twenty years of tax returns of the Republican billionaire.
Donald Trump paid just $ 750 in federal taxes in 2016, the year he was elected President of the United States, and then as much in 2017, according to a potentially explosive New York Times investigation that published information on Sunday about twenty years of tax returns from the Republican billionaire. "He has paid no income tax at all in ten of the previous fifteen years, largely because he has reported more losses of money than gains," writes the American daily.
“The New York Times has obtained tax information for more than twenty years regarding Mr. Trump and the hundreds of companies that make up his group, including detailed information about his first two years in office. This does not include his personal income tax returns for 2018 or 2019, ”says the newspaper, which promises new revelations in the coming days. Within the nebula of companies run by the business mogul, the newspaper said, many have reported major losses, including his golf clubs, tarnishing the image of the successful entrepreneur Donald Trump loves. give of it.
The tax returns of the former real estate mogul who became president and candidate for reelection in November are at the heart of a legal battle, Donald Trump having always refused to publish them contrary to custom. Contrary to all his predecessors since the 1970s, Donald Trump, whose family group is not listed on the stock exchange and who has made his fortune a campaign argument, refuses to publish his tax returns and leads a legal fight to prevent them from being disclosed. Its lack of transparency fuels speculation on the extent of this wealth, on possible tax optimization practices bordering on legality or on potential conflicts of interest.
The American president qualified Sunday these revelations of "bogus" ("fake news"). "This is bogus information, totally invented," he said during a press conference at the White House.
"I paid a lot, and I paid a lot of income taxes at the state level too, New York State taxes a lot," he added without giving further details. The subject risks electrifying the campaign for the presidential election of November 3 a little more, two days before the first televised duel on Tuesday evening.
