Trump fires back after tax revelations
WASHINGTON — Donald Trump and his supporters rushed Sunday to defend the Republican nominee following revelations that he may not have paid income taxes for 18 years, a new disclosure that shook the presidential race and capped an extraordinarily damaging week for Trump’s campaign.
News that Trump could have spent nearly two decades without paying income taxes — largely because he reported a loss of nearly $1 billion in the mid-1990s — threatens to puncture one of the core arguments of his campaign: that he is a successful businessman who could do for the country what he has done for his businesses.
And while his supporters have been extremely loyal to Trump, the idea that he hasn’t contributed to the federal coffers for so long could damage the notion that he fights for the little guy.
Trump’s campaign launched a vigorous defense of his business practices, saying he wasn’t breaking any laws but instead was helping get his business back on track.
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