Why Trump’s Taxes Don’t Prove He Is A ‘Smart Businessman’ As His Defenders Say | MSNBC

The truth matters, but only if you see it. Forbes Senior Editor Dan Alexander joins Stephanie Ruhle to discuss how the president’s supporters are trying to spin the New York Times bombshell reporting – and why they couldn’t be more wrong. Aired on 9/29/2020.
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Why Trump’s Taxes Don’t Prove He Is A ‘Smart Businessman’ As His Defenders Say | MSNBC

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    1. That’s why I Donald Trump gives his annual presidential salary $450,000 to charity how much does Joe Biden give to charity? Will Joe Biden give his presidential salary to charity ?if elected? I could answer ? no

    2. @Richard Barry Trump gave his salary away as a tax deduction. We feed him. He sleeps in our house, use our cars, airplanes, helicopters. He is a grifter that needs to pay for nothing.
      #TrumpIsNotABillionaire #TrumpNationalSecurityThreat

    1. @Jesus Says – Uh, no. Unsuccessfully impeached, because the ONLY sort of impeachment which matters is a successful one. – removal from office – their ultimate goal.
      Otherwise, why engage in impeachment? Dems are still on first base. But they’ve lost the ball. So they substitute with a ping pong ball. All the wrong tools, and slippery fingers.

    2. @Ellen Peba I dont judge you at all. I dont know you to form any opinion at all. I just asked a question. That being said. I judge no one on their beliefs. Don’t judge me for mine.

    1. forrest stump 😂 You’re so imbecilic, you’re trying to defend a criminal who pays less taxes than you, loser. What’s your point?

    1. @Angelique Nova “Very Stable Genius”, thrice Nobel Peace Prize nominated & Beloved President Donald John Trump supporter..
      Mentally deficient Basement Biden indoctrinated commie cultist member😂

    2. Voting for Dementia Joe because you somehow don’t like President Trump is like eating a dog turd because you don’t like broccoli.
      TRUMP 2020!

    3. @M7 SOCIAL WHY DONT YOU STAND UP FIRST, WITHOUT YOUR HOOD THIS TIME. Ya Punk. 💣🕛👋🦶🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🙏🤝🥱💅

    1. Don’t call him ‘president’ either. He’s not my President. He’s just living in the white house temporarily

    2. @Daniel Lawson Ha! That was the same attitude I had for the 8 years of barak! To this day, I’m still stymied that 65 million voted for a black Communist.

    1. Alex Murphy why if he was bankrupt didn’t he have to use his personal money to pay his debts. In other countries you do.

    2. I know he has a bank in Russia. America will not loan him any money. After his daddy died he depended on the Russians to bail him out. I wonder how much he still owes them.

    1. Ravi Peiris You think I care about you? You’re just a loser and a sucker easily replaced by another. Oh the frames to my glasses 👓 Trump’s flunky pays China with your tax dollars for me to wear FREE GLASSES. 🤣

    1. Randy Allen ok so when Biden is replaced by someone else because he is clearly incapable of being president. Will you still vote for them? That’s the cult mentality.

    1. @Richard Barry …Trump is not very intelligent if he gives $450,000 to charity like you said…Why would someone do that if they owed as much money as he claims?? Someone who has a little intelligence would use that money to pay off their debts …It just goes to show you how stupid he really is….

    2. @R L T Excuse me. How many times has he openly broken the Law??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????

    3. @Jerome Day None?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????

    4. @Max Bedo What…you are a half-assed auditor? Could be a million things. Maybe the NYT will hire you. You can give up your job as a string installer at the Tampon Factory.

  1. I mean, his defenders say he’s never demeaned or degraded women, even though he’s on tape doing so. His defenders say he never called Covid a hoax or downplayed its severity, even though he’s on tape doing so.

    Anyone is surprised the cult is defending him now?

    1. @N N Tapes just show what trump really says, that’s all. We don’t want a liar for president, nothing to do with hate.

    2. @John Thomas CDC is being changed and compromised by trump, not by any news station, clear as day from the CDC’s people testifying.

    3. @olasylvia1 Okay, correction… msdnc is turning real people with real opinions into mindless bots. Do you think it’s normal behavior to CONSTANTLY accuse others of being russians? Isn’t that the behavior of cultists?

    4. @olasylvia1 And what about the Greens being russians. or bernie people being nazis. Or toddlers being members of the kgb? Do you have any idea how nuts you sound?

  2. Man. Woman. Camera. Tax Evasion. TV.
    See. That’s how smart I am. People say they’ve never seen anything like it.

  3. Hold on. Let me understand this. So Trump paid no taxes because his businesses failed and he’s a great business man…? Really ?

    1. @John Thomas No I’m just fond of books and reading and thinking and sharing….unlike Trumpists who prefer Biblical Magical Thinking – AKA – making sh*t up.

    2. @Jay Arrington I live in Trump country they don’t even read the Bible. They just spout a few things go forth and multiply. That’s all they know

    3. @Angelique Nova And so they then make things up…..usually about why they are the voice of God and all Authority.

    4. @Jay Arrington no they have no such knowledge. . they’re mute because they don’t study. They’re the blind leading the blind

  4. When you lose millions and millions of dollars and have gone bankrupt several times including casino bankruptcies ( the odds always favor the house) you have no business being in business.

    1. @science wins he didnt lie dip sh*t. Yours are nust stupid. Coumo lied ans nj ans conn governor. Loxk lose ovama and corrupt biden. Trump didn’t lie. You are just gullable.

    2. You’re not a criminal until you’re convicted of an actual crime. Has that happened? No. Doesn’t matter to Dems. They believe in zero substantiated & proven evidence

    1. People were saying that getting accused of sexual assault should eliminate your chance to be president up until Biden got accused. The Democrats are just as flexible with morality and ethics as the republicans

    2. @John Thomas Yea. That was terrible right up until they found out she was a Bernie or bust supporter and a GOP PAC was paying for her legal counsel. Laugh. You Trumpers just make me laugh. I am going to miss laughing at you clowns when this is over next month. Really I am… Better than any comedy show I have ever seen ever day,

    3. @Rick DFW Wow, you’re a real boring person. If you find these comments THAT level of funny you must the life of the party.

    4. @Rick DFW
      I’m not American but believe me, most of the rest of the world was laughing at America until recently, now however, we suspect there’s an epidemic of mental illness in America and we neither like nor trust the USA.

  5. People who have been paying attention over the last 4 years understand that Trump will do whatever it takes to cheat and take advantage of the tax system.

    All these people praising Trump for starting great businesses are not watching what goes on with the mismanagement and cooking of the books to rig the system. Is this ok for a president to do and say the opposite in public?

    I can only imagine how much of the pandemic stimulus aid is being funneled to his company.

    CREATIVE ACCOUNTING RIGHT?

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