Gail Collins has a good comment in her January 11, 2017, Op-Ed piece in the New York Times, "Trump, Sex and Lots of Whining."
Referring to his press conference the day before, Collins notes wryly that President Elect Trump declared that "he'll release his taxes once the audit is finished. (You remember that audit. Its friends call it Godot.)"
Jan. 23, 2017, Postscript: Today's NY Times reports that Kellyanne Conway declared on ABC's "This Week" yesterday that Trump "is not going to release his tax returns."
That puts our new president in the dubious position of being the first president since the early 1970's to decline to release information on his taxes.
Why is this important? Two reasons. Only by releasing his taxes can we assess how much he owes to whom. Only through examining his returns can we see whether he's separated himself enough from his businesses and therefore will not be subject to conflicts of interest. Nothing about the audit would have prevented him releasing this information earlier; nothing prevents him releasing it now.
So three questions emerge. First, what is President Trump determined to hide?
Second, What alternative universe is he living in that he thinks he can get away with this?
Third, Just how stupid does he think we are?
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