His tax returns won't change anything

[LonePirate]

His supporters are likely jealous that he paid so little in taxes and they likely are proud that he cheated the government they hate so much.

His SCOTUS nominee will still get approved and she will take away our health care and our rights one by one.

Our only hope is that a few people who were sitting on the sidelines may be more inclined to vote now.

[BannonsLiver]

1. Totally lame take

Not at all insightful. Also, his supporters aren’t the only people voting in this election. They really don’t matter.

Be best.

[Claustrum]

2. I agree with you as the story stands right now.

But what we don't know is if there is evidence of his cooking the books for such a huge write-off. If we can find such evidence, then this is a huge story because it has criminal implications.

[spooky3]

7. It will be interesting to see what SDNY does. Nt

[Claustrum]

14. Didn't the SDNY already have a tax fraud case against Trump?

If so, they already have the evidence. We just need the NYT or other news outlets to find those out and report it.

There will be some people supporting him till the end of the earth but a lot more people will change their mind if the president is a proven tax fraud.

[spooky3]

31. Barbara McQuade is talking about this now on MSNBC. See also:

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/9/25/trumps-lawyers-manhattan-prosecutors-to-square-off-in-court-ove

[Walleye]

3. The important thing is, he gets rattled, set back on his heels

[BlueWavePsych]

28. Rattled at bare minimum. More likely dysfunctionally stressed, if not already.

[texasfiddler]

4. I agree. But it doesn't help him

[rufus dog]

5. Agree it won't impact his supporters

FUCK THEM, and everyone needs to never, ever, ever forget that every tRump supporter is bad.

But this is not about them, write them off, this is about the majority of Americans who are Democrats, (more of us than Repukes) and more importantly all of the Independents. This hurts him with the vast majority of Independents, who go to work and pay their fair share of taxes.

[BlueWavePsych]

29. Some conflicted supporters may abstain.

A few at key swing states could make a difference.

[spooky3]

6. I'm sorry to say I agree with you.

As the NYT article stated, there are many unanswered questions. For example, these are not audited returns. How does the NYT know whether he had unreported dirty income in many years? How do they know whether he really put lots of money into his properties, creating real losses, versus he’s simply claiming he had all those expenses?

Even without answers, the complexity of the entries on the returns will mean the average American won’t understand the returns. So the Trump supporters will interpret what’s reported as you said, and the undecideds won’t know what to believe.

I hope we both are wrong.

[BannonsLiver]

16. Don't worry. You will be.

[spooky3]

26. Thank you!

[Drunken Irishman]

8. It's another news cycle he loses, which means one less opportunity to get back into this race.

[Dream Girl]

15. That's how I view it as well.

[Thekaspervote]

20. This!

[SoonerPride]

32. +1

This exactly.

Any day he spends on defense is a day wasted for his campaign.

[Sympthsical]

9. We're not after his supporters

If they haven’t abandoned him after everything, nothing else will budge them.

But the mushy middle and nonvoters, they can be shifted. I can’t see this not pissing a good chunk of them off.

[Quixote1818]

10. Perhaps but it just puts him on the defensive going into crunch time

Makes it that much harder to bring anyone on the line over to his side. This is NOT a good situation for him to be able to start turning the polls around.

[Silent3]

11. What is more important than moving votes, however...

...is taking more and more wind out of the sails of those who are propping Trump up. This makes it a lot less appealing to perform dirty deeds on Trump's behalf.

[Buckeyeblue]

13. I agree. Most of his supporters can't balance their own checkbooks.

But this is awfully embarrassing for him. He had to know this would eventually come out. It just reeks of fraud. This is probably what Putin has had on him. Really shitty finances. I also think this shows he lied on his financial statement when he ran for president.

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

19. Forget balance their checkbooks.

I'm not sure they could spell "checkbook".

[FloridaBlues]

17. I agree this won't be headline news Wednesday

It will fade just like numerous other breaking news.
He will continue to say fake news all during debate and leading into the debate

[Johnny2X2X]

18. We don't want anything to change! Biden is winning!

Trump is running out of time and now this.

[Quixote1818]

27. Bingo! nt

[smirkymonkey]

22. Yes it will.

It will take a toll on him and his family. This is a huge blow to them.

It might not change the SCOTUS nomination or sway the loyalty of his cult, but this means he and his family are ruined. That is the only thing they really care about. And I think this is just the beginning. They are going down and they know it.

This will change everything.

[BlueWavePsych]

30. Drumpf's lawyers may now be worried that they may not get paid.

[ProfessorGAC]

23. Silly

It doesn't have change any of the 40% minds.
It can, however, make a difference with those 8% that polls show do not yet have a preference.
50-42 Biden leaves 8% uncommitted.
If this makes 3 out of 8 drift from PINO, 53-47 results in a 96.5% chance of an EC win.
So, of course this makes a difference.
Quit worrying about the 35 of the 42.
They're irretrievable.
It's the other 8 to 15.

[Raine]

24. Totally agree. nt

[Baked Potato]

25. I think it hurts him, how much we will see.

This is another piece of his filthy life exposed. Maybe those coal miners won’t like to have probably paid way more taxes than Dump.