Read the thread: "These financials are clear: this is not a golf business, it's a money disappearing business." https://t.co/Ap0T8UW9H2

— Jennifer Thayer (@JTNaylor) September 29, 2020

There's another massive revelation in the NYT's tax returns story: Trump wrote off $26 million in unexplained "consulting fees" between 2010 and 2018, with almost $750,000 apparently going to his daughter Ivanka in one disclosure | Analysis by @CillizzaCNN https://t.co/TVO9xgIr89

— CNN (@CNN) September 28, 2020

Trump knew something we didn't when he started balking at the peaceful transfer of power. If he loses the election, he faces federal and state prosecution for bank fraud, tax fraud, wire fraud, and mail fraud, as does his entire family. No OLC memo will spare him. https://t.co/vhyAelqTjc

— Michael R. Bromwich (@mrbromwich) September 28, 2020

Michael Cohen wearing Trump out on MSNBC. “In the year he paid $750 in taxes I paid more than $3 million. If I went to jail for 3 years for tax evasion he should get 300 years.”

— jelani cobb (@jelani9) September 28, 2020

Recall Romney, under pressure for months to release his taxes, criticized for a roughly 14 percent effective rate. That was still nearly $2 milll. https://t.co/82rViGDVXW

— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) September 28, 2020

In 2016 & ‘17, I paid thousands of dollars a year in taxes *as a bartender.*

Trump paid $750.

He contributed less to funding our communities than waitresses & undocumented immigrants.

Donald Trump has never cared for our country more than he cares for himself. A walking scam. https://t.co/VZChbp8htu

— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) September 28, 2020

This confirms yet again that Mueller's decision not to seek Trump's tax records and financial information was utterly inexplicable and inexcusable. https://t.co/NCOYeOXETC

— Jeff Blattner (@theblatt) September 28, 2020

One thing not to overlook in the blockbuster NYT report on Trump’s taxes is his $410M in personal debt. That represents some pretty massive leverage by people or governments with interests that aren’t necessarily ours as Americans. Kompromat, anyone?

— Laurence Tribe (@tribelaw) September 28, 2020

The tax allegations go to the very heart of Trump’s appeal, especially among the blue-collar voters in states like Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and Michigan who propelled him to the presidency in 2016. https://t.co/XzQnHjNt6B

— Jill Colvin (@colvinj) September 28, 2020

Federal taxes paid, first year in office

Ronald Reagan: $165,202
George H.W. Bush: $101,382
Bill Clinton: $62,670
George W. Bush: $250,221
Barack Obama: $1,792,414
Donald Trump: $750

— Christopher Ingraham (@_cingraham) September 28, 2020

In 2017, a single worker without children who made $18,000 would have paid $760 in federal income tax.

Donald Trump paid $750.

— Seth Hanlon (@SethHanlon) September 27, 2020

Donald Trump’s tax returns show that he paid his daughter Ivanka as a consultant, even though she is a member of the company which is against IRS rules.https://t.co/Y0xNZejwfa via @politicususa

— Sarah Reese Jones (@PoliticusSarah) September 27, 2020

President Trump asked multiple times how much he paid in federal taxes, does not answer. Instead attacks @nytimes and reporters in press room……

— Paula Reid (@PaulaReidCBS) September 27, 2020

Worth noting that significant delinquent debt disqualifies most people from obtaining a government security clearance.

The U.S. government views this as a vulnerability and a point of leverage for foreign adversaries seeking access to classified information.

— Josh Campbell (@joshscampbell) September 27, 2020

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— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) September 28, 2020

There's so much in these tax returns that are not *just* about Trump, but about how the rich have different rules. A worker earning an hourly wage can't deduct "business expenses" from their income. A teacher can't carry over losses for a decade.

— Michael Linden (@MichaelSLinden) September 27, 2020

People are focused on how little Trump paid in taxes, but to me this is the bigger story. He was deeply in debt and looking for a way to reinvigorate his brand. So he ran for President. And he’s been a walking conflict of interest ever since. https://t.co/Mem9308mKu

— Sarah Longwell (@SarahLongwell25) September 27, 2020

Undocumented immigrants paid $11.7 billion in state and federal taxes in 2014. Trump paid only $750 the year he became president and only $750 the next year.

He needs to stop freeloading off Americans.

— Julián Castro (@JulianCastro) September 27, 2020

The tax returns show that Trump made more far from the Miss Universe in Moscow—$2.3M—than from others he staged. The money came from the Agalarov clan which is close to Putin.

No one who is not president would get a security clearance afterward. https://t.co/PKe9Tz2d4Y

— Max Boot (@MaxBoot) September 27, 2020

The 'New York Times' report is the final and conclusive evidence that everything the president* has sold about himself is the purest moonshine. https://t.co/uGqJk5WuVT via @CharlesPPierce

— Esquire (@esquire) September 28, 2020

In 2016, Trump paid $129,250 more to Stormy Daniels than to the USA government.

— Jeet Heer (@HeerJeet) September 27, 2020

Here's one of @realdonaldtrump's former employees — an undocumented woman who says Trump Org knew she was undocumented — showing she paid more income tax than Trump did. https://t.co/0GErg8y0nU

— David Fahrenthold (@Fahrenthold) September 28, 2020

"In a close election, everything counts," @DavidCornDC writes. "And this revelation underscores that Trump is a phony. That he cannot be trusted. That he is not the success he claims to be. This is the curtain that Trump never wanted pulled back." https://t.co/suWipZqI76

— Mother Jones (@MotherJones) September 28, 2020

The first thing Trump did when he took office was take away property tax deductions for folks in blue states that didn’t vote him. My taxes went up significantly as did most of my friends in NY & CA while he paid a measly $750 and gave the richest 1% a huge cut. @realDonaldTrump

— NoelCaslerComedy (@CaslerNoel) September 28, 2020

Abraham Lincoln paid 3x more in taxes in 1864 than Donald Trump in 2016. Not more as a share of his income. More in taxes. Lincoln paid $1981.67 in federal taxes on a salary of $25,000 in 1864-1865. Trump paid $750 in 2016, about one-third what Lincoln paid, but 151 years later.

— Brad Simpson (@bradleyrsimpson) September 28, 2020

Lots of people making these points, but let me join the chorus. The revelation that Trump paid almost no taxes, while easy to explain, is the least important part of the scandal. 1/

— Paul Krugman (@paulkrugman) September 28, 2020

Donald Trump in 2011 audio said lower-income Americans should have to pay taxes to 'be a part of the game' and said he paid 'a lot' https://t.co/FcrsDrLtSi

— andrew kaczynski🤔 (@KFILE) September 28, 2020

Again, folks in the media shouldn’t be asking whether this story will move Trump voters. Since Trump is significantly behind Biden, the question is will this new info make it harder for Trump to change the mind of a portion of current Biden voters.

— Matthew Dowd (@matthewjdowd) September 27, 2020

Federal taxes paid 2016 & 2017, Trump (via NYT):

$750

Federal taxes paid, average US taxpayer (via IRS)

$12,200

— Jim Sciutto (@jimsciutto) September 28, 2020