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Originally Posted by Domo
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Where is his speech about his tax?
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assuming you're talking about tax returns, not tax policy, but here we go.
tax returns probably reveal tax-evasion schemes like any super-rich individual must take advantage of if he intends to be competitive. Obviously this is irrelevant, but would still be really bad optics when trying to gain the vote of the completely retarded American electorate.
He's trying to win the vote of people who parrot talmudvision arguments like "but ur ties are made in China" when Don's whole persona is about the fact that he has played the game, seen how it's rigged against the American polity in favor of rich individuals, and wants to change it. To paraphrase, he had an obligation to his family and to his company to take advantage of these nasty wrinkles in the system. And if he uses the power he gained from that abuse to fix the system, is he not absolved?
His ingenious electioneering has him in a position where the more successful he was at being a douche in private life, the better he looks as a candidate, but this is the second layer of his persona only accessible to people who have a few brain cells active. There is a lot of plausibility to the idea that he's egomaniacal- and aware-enough of the big picture to act against his own financial interests in order to go down as a great US president, but you have to understand that the majority of USA is not thinking deeply enough to get even to here, and the television/redditsphere can't risk getting even that "intellectual" about the election in front of the debeaked peons so this has to remain an undercurrent.
Reaching the people who can't make it to layer 2 is what the first layer of the Trump public persona onion is for: the dogwhistling, the careful flirtation with racism, the lowbrow Rosie O'Donnell insults (okay I enjoyed those too actually). This is why layer-1 Democrat voters refer to Trump's base as idiot rednecks when he in fact has more crossover appeal than any Republican
or Democrat candidate in most of these peoples' lifetimes.
Also as Azzar said, high probability that his self-valuation was high compared with his paper valuation. Another potentially annoying angle he doesn't want exposure to. In reality though, dude has been able to ride his brand and talent to a strong showing as an outsider in an American presidential election -- any thinking person will be willing to concede that his name is worth more than any tax statement will say. But, again, you must realize that layer 2 is not the important one.