Trump's Taxes
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We ran the numbers: There are 1527 news articles covering this topic. 52% (798) are left leaning, 39% (594) are center, and 9% (135) are right leaning.
The New York Times obtained Donald Trump’s tax information, revealing that Trump paid just $750 in federal income taxes in 2016 and 2017. While left-leaning articles highlight findings from The New York Times report, right-leaning articles highlight that the report is fake.
A left-leaning article by The New York Times reports that Trump’s tax information reveals struggling properties, vast write-offs, and hundreds of millions in debt due. The New York Times concludes that Trump has been more successful playing a business mogul than being one in real life, reporting that most of Trump’s core enterprises report losing millions, if not tens of millions of dollars years after year,
NPR published a centrist article reporting that Democrats wasted little time responding to The New York Times’ bombshell. The Biden campaign quickly jumped on the reports, releasing a video ad on Twitter comparing what it said were average taxes paid by teachers, firefighters, and nurses, all much more than $750.
A right-leaning article by Fox News highlights that The New York Times report on President Trump’s taxes is “inaccurate” and “flawed.” Trump said that the report was “fake news” and argued that he paid large amounts of federal and state taxes.
From the left
LONG-CONCEALED RECORDS SHOW TRUMP’S CHRONIC LOSSES AND YEARS OF TAX AVOIDANCE
The New York Times