$ 750: this is the modest sum of federal tax that Donald Trump would have paid in 2016, the year of his election.
This is revealed by the investigation published Sunday in the New York Times, which "obtained tax information for more than twenty years concerning Mr. Trump and the hundreds of companies that make up his group, including detailed information about the subject. of his first two years in power.
This does not include his personal income tax returns for 2018 or 2019, ”says the newspaper, which promises new revelations in the coming days.
According to the New York daily, the American President "has paid no income tax at all in ten of the past fifteen years, largely because he has declared more money lost than he has lost. earnings ".
A "totally bogus" story, according to Trump
Donald Trump said Sunday that the New York Times revelations were "Fake news", "it is bogus information, totally invented," he said at a press conference at the White House.
"I paid a lot, and I paid a lot of income taxes at the state level too, the state of New York taxes a lot", he added without giving more details, while 'he has always refused to publish this information.
Joe Biden grabbed the ball on the jump
For its part, Joe Biden's team quickly rebounded on these revelations by notably broadcasting the sums paid by a teacher ($ 7,239), a firefighter ($ 5,283), a nanny… Taxes much higher than what would pay Donald Trump.
The first televised debate between the two White House candidates, which takes place Tuesday evening, promises to be electric.
