$1 Billion in Losses: A Decade of Trump’s Taxes

The Daily

• Episode: $1 Billion in Losses: A Decade of Trump’s Taxes
• Website: The Daily
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• Duration: 00:23:02
• Published: 2019-05-08 11:52

In October, The New York Times published an investigation into the tax returns of President Trump’s father, revealing the president’s past involvement in tax evasion and stark inconsistencies in his account of his success. Two reporters who broke that story are back with new information about the president’s own taxes. Guests: Russ Buettner and Susanne Craig, investigative reporters for The Times. For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily.

Background reading:

• The Times has obtained figures from President Trump’s federal income tax returns from 1985 through 1994. They paint a far bleaker picture of his financial condition than was previously known.
• Here are five takeaways of what the numbers show.
• Listen to an episode of “The Daily” about Mr. Trump’s participation in dubious tax schemes during the 1990s.