Thanks to some excellent reporting from the New York Times, we now know it’s extremely likely Donald Trump hasn’t paid any taxes in nearly two decades.
Based on an investigation by the Times, it appears that Trump declared a $916 million loss, and this allowed him to take a substantial tax deduction which resulted in him avoiding paying any taxes for up to 18 years.
Within a few hours of the story being published by the Times, a new hashtag showed up on Twitter: #LastTimeTrumpPaidTaxes. Some of the postings associated with that hashtag are hilarious. Take a look:
https://twitter.com/goldietaylor/status/782409827402285056
#LastTimeTrumpPaidTaxes @MELANIATRUMP was still in the womb! @SarahBurris
— nicole clark (@luvnlife247) October 2, 2016
#LastTimeTrumpPaidTaxes Gilligan, Skipper and nem were on a three hour tour
— Eden Leigh (@1chocgoddess) October 2, 2016
https://twitter.com/limonpoker/status/782409454952210432
https://twitter.com/goldietaylor/status/782406721943789568
#LastTimeTrumpPaidTaxes he was only on his first immigrant wife.
— Leighton (@LeightonDumas) October 2, 2016
#LastTimeTrumpPaidTaxes he was a Democrat. https://t.co/P80etnfiQm
— Janet Johnson (@JJohnsonLaw) October 2, 2016
#LastTimeTrumpPaidTaxes Trump was lusting after 12 year old Paris Hilton
— ☇RiotWomenn☇ (@riotwomennn) October 2, 2016
#LastTimeTrumpPaidTaxes the Kardashians looked like this pic.twitter.com/Ft1dj6HKbe
— Marlow Stern (@MarlowNYC) October 2, 2016
Since OJ had Isotoners #LastTimeTrumpPaidTaxes pic.twitter.com/hbARLlKoVc
— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) October 2, 2016
Looks like the next debate is gonna be even more fun than the first one.
h/t RawStory
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