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Of These Two Items - What Would Be More Damaging To Trump?...... (Original Post) global1 Sep 2020 OP
Taxes! Karadeniz Sep 2020 #1
Tough call Xipe Totec Sep 2020 #2
Taxes. n/t demmiblue Sep 2020 #3
190,000 dead people should be the most damaging mucifer Sep 2020 #4
his taxes, for sure stillcool Sep 2020 #5
Depends on pee pee tape... Fresh_Start Sep 2020 #6
I would add...is there closeup video of the vessel dispensing said pee pee. Funtatlaguy Sep 2020 #16
His tax returns won't tell is much, other than he doesn't make as Hoyt Sep 2020 #7
those would both be nice to end this week rurallib Sep 2020 #8
They probably peed on his taxes nt torius Sep 2020 #9
We aren't going to get either one.... nt doc03 Sep 2020 #10
3. Treason empedocles Sep 2020 #11
Damaging with who? BlueTsunami2018 Sep 2020 #12
Neither. Thunderbeast Sep 2020 #13
Taxes Still Sensible Sep 2020 #14
If it's video of a man Rice4VP Sep 2020 #15

stillcool

(32,626 posts)
5. his taxes, for sure
Thu Sep 10, 2020, 05:40 PM
Sep 2020

that kind of information has legs...while the pee-pee tape may have legs, those legs don't take you anywhere.

Fresh_Start

(11,330 posts)
6. Depends on pee pee tape...
Thu Sep 10, 2020, 05:44 PM
Sep 2020

1) he is the peed upon or the pee-er?
2) is the other party to the pee fest male or female?
3) is putin peeing on trump?

 

Hoyt

(54,770 posts)
7. His tax returns won't tell is much, other than he doesn't make as
Thu Sep 10, 2020, 05:46 PM
Sep 2020

much as he claims.

Unless you have all the info/data that goes into preparing the tax returns, they’ll be useless, otherwise. There is no tax schedule for payments from Putin and others, money laundering, hush money, etc.

The rumor of the sex tapes is probably as damning as an actual tape. Not much.

We don’t need that stuff to take him down in November.

BlueTsunami2018

(3,491 posts)
12. Damaging with who?
Thu Sep 10, 2020, 06:09 PM
Sep 2020

The Cult? Nothing would damage him with them. Even if he gave his completely honest opinion of them, it wouldn’t phase them.

I don’t believe there are any undecided people, he’s completely polarized the country. You’re either for him or you’re not.

The worst part of that is, he’s still got a real chance of “winning” again.

Thunderbeast

(3,406 posts)
13. Neither.
Thu Sep 10, 2020, 06:12 PM
Sep 2020

Both would be seen through the lens of the viewer.

The evidence will either be conclusive nails in his coffin or fake news manufactured by George Soros and the Deep State.

Nothing will change short of an election or impeachment.

Still Sensible

(2,870 posts)
14. Taxes
Thu Sep 10, 2020, 06:13 PM
Sep 2020

Which would likely show three big things. The first is that there are probably very questionable tax moves that could be seriously challenged (deductions taken, grossly overstating business costs, fraudulent classification of income, filed figures that contradict public records, etc.).

Second is the likelihood that tRump isn't the ultra-rich and successful business person he has always claimed to be... with detailed tax records, one can extrapolate his real worth based on the income he receives from his holdings. Of course, it could be simply comparing the asset values and incomes that his taxes claim compared to the no doubt exaggerated valuations that he put in front of bankers to secure loans--we already know whatever his wealth really is has come from other people's money.

And third, it would probably reveal how embarrassingly little he has paid in taxes over the years. Given all the bankruptcies, it likely there are multiple years where he paid no income taxes.

Unfortunately, unless additional information from the documents reveals shady dealings with foreign entities and the like... even if all three areas listed bear fruit, it probably won't change many minds. With any luck, though, it might provide actionable legal fodder in conjunction with or in addition to the ongoing investigations.

As for the pee pee tape, clearly his cult and maybe even some leaners won't care (unless the pissers are obviously under about 12). Video of just a couple pros providing him a golden shower would give us comic relief, but if his supporters haven't been moved by the long list of essentially proven moral transgressions of this miscreant--it won't mean shit.

In any case, piss on him and piss on his cult of imbeciles November 3!!!!!!

Rice4VP

(1,235 posts)
15. If it's video of a man
Thu Sep 10, 2020, 06:16 PM
Sep 2020

peeing on him it would matter. No one cares about his taxes anymore unless there is some criminal violation.

We need him on tape saying the n word and that would peel away some of the Black support that he somehow has. Paying for abortions would also do him in

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