Apparently one of the deductions he took was $70,000 for hairstyling. I assume this is another bit of fraud, because if not, holy shit , did he get ripped off!…
According to the NYT piece, determination of the legitimacy of an old Trump tax refund of +/- $72 million has been held up in audit limbo for more than ten fucking years. How is that even possible? Expensive and capable lawyers?. I wonder how they’re getting paid? Lawyers don’t work for free. It would appear that the tax code could use an overhauling.
Since tax evasion is seen by many people as a victimless crime, the focus should be on his debts and failures. The tax evasion angle would turn him into even more of a hero to his base. The attacks should be reminding people that he is broke, beholden to foreign interests and that he is a fucking horrible businessman.
For 18 years, he’s hemorrhaged money in his failing, flailing business “empire.” For all his supposed business savvy and deal making he couldn’t turn a profit. He’s a loser. They should use that exact word every time they talk about this. Loser!. All the better if they can work in a chuckle when talking about it. Personally and politically, I think being tagged as a loser will be more damaging to him than being considered a tax fraud. If the message that he is a failure as a businessman sticks, he will come apart at the seams. And (some) followers who put him in office because “we need a successful businessman to fix what’s wrong” will quietly slink away from him.
Imagine being the, er um.. "billionaire" President of the United States and being so broke you can no longer own the libs.