Manafort: Trump unlikely to release tax returns.

[Free Vulcan]

Washington (CNN)Donald Trump's chief strategist, Paul Manafort, said he does not think the presumptive Republican nominee will release his tax returns, in part because they would likely be too complicated for the public to understand.

"I will be surprised if he puts them out. I wouldn't necessarily advise him to. It's not really an issue for the people we are appealing to. His tax returns are incredibly complicated. I wouldn't understand them, so how are the American people going to? The financial disclosure he put out gives the salient points," Manafort told The Huffington Post in an interview posted Wednesday evening.

"The only people who want the tax returns are the people who want to defeat him," Manafort added.

Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2016/05/26/politics/paul-manafort-donald-trump-tax-returns/index.html

[Mechanicos]

trump...the king of lies and decent with a following that excuses absolutely everything.

#nevertrump

Hes right, now that Trump has cinched the Nomination Activist #neverTrump is a pro-Hillary Operation.

[sinkspur]

Therefore, Hillary should pound him every single day until he does.

What a bunch of bull:  tax returns are only complicated when somebody is trying to hide something.

[GrouchoTex]

Washington (CNN)Donald Trump's chief strategist, Paul Manafort, said he does not think the presumptive Republican nominee will release his tax returns, in part because they would likely be too complicated for the public to understand.

 His tax returns are incredibly complicated. I wouldn't understand them, so how are the American people going to?

Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2016/05/26/politics/paul-manafort-donald-trump-tax-returns/index.html

Why, we are not smart enough to understand whats in these tax returns, us poor unwashed masses.
We need big, strong leaders to tell us what we do and do not know.
They need to tell us what is good for us and what is not.
They need to tell us how to think and feel.
My,my, how did we ever survive so long by being so stupid!

[RedHead]

Color me shocked.

[RedHead]

Hes right, now that Trump has cinched the Nomination Activist #neverTrump is a pro-Hillary Operation.

And now that he's clinched the nomination Trump can walk back every promise suggestion he's made to date.   

[kevindavis007]

What is he hiding?

[GrouchoTex]

Hes right, now that Trump has cinched the Nomination Activist #neverTrump is a pro-Hillary Operation.

I've been told that if I don't vote for Trump, Hillary wins.
So, if I don't vote for Hillary, Trump wins?
If I vote for neither, do they both win?

[Cowboyway]

I've been told that if I don't vote for Trump, Hillary wins.
So, if I don't vote for Hillary, Trump wins?
If I vote for neither, do they both win?

Exactly!  Based on their logic, a vote for neither is a vote for both.

Of course, based on Trump's past associations with the Clinton's I'm sure that he wouldn't mind a co-Chairmanship, er, co-Presidency with Hillary.

[catfish1957]

Therefore, Hillary should pound him every single day until he does.

What a bunch of bull:  tax returns are only complicated when somebody is trying to hide something.

Calling Cruz "Lyin" may end up being the biggest irony of the whole GOP field this year.  As my senator so eloquently said during the debate. ... Mr Trump has a tenuous relationship with the truth.

What an epic understatment.

[catfish1957]

I've been told that if I don't vote for Trump, Hillary wins.
So, if I don't vote for Hillary, Trump wins?
If I vote for neither, do they both win?

Logic is a concept beyond the understanding the average Trump supporter.

[Oceander]

Hes right, now that Trump has cinched the Nomination Activist #neverTrump is a pro-Hillary Operation.

No, it's not. A simple examination demonstrates your profound lack of logic:  if I vote third party, then by your logic I have voted for both Trump - because I didn't vote for Clinton - and voted for Clinton - because I didn't vote for Trump.  And, of course, I also voted for the third party candidate.  It gets even worse if there are more candidates, because I would have voted for them as well.  In other words, your argument inescapably yields the conclusion that I would have voted for every candidate on the ballot; further, this logic applies equally well to those who vote for Trump.  In other words, if your position were true, then it would be the case that every voter had voted for every candidate.  That is simply nonsense - reductio ad absurdum - and therefore your position is necessarily false as a matter of simple logic. 

[catfish1957]

No, it's not. A simple examination demonstrates your profound lack of logic:  if I vote third party, then by your logic I have voted for both Trump - because I didn't vote for Clinton - and voted for Clinton - because I didn't vote for Trump.  And, of course, I also voted for the third party candidate.  It gets even worse if there are more candidates, because I would have voted for them as well.  In other words, your argument inescapably yields the conclusion that I would have voted for every candidate on the ballot; further, this logic applies equally well to those who vote for Trump.  In other words, if your position were true, then it would be the case that every voter had voted for every candidate.  That is simply nonsense - reductio ad absurdum - and therefore your position is necessarily false as a matter of simple logic.

Exactly....   I have seen polls that have indicated that 40+ % want neither Trump nor, Hitlerly.  After escalation of Hitlery's legal problems, I see that number approaching 50%.  A strong 3rd party viral candidacy could pull this off.  Not likely, but it could happen.

[Oceander]

And so now Trump has put the lie to his own words and will not do what he promised to do.  Just like Trump: sell the rubes on truthful hyperbole he has no intention of following through on. 

[austingirl]

Calling Cruz "Lyin" may end up being the biggest irony of the whole GOP field this year.  As my senator so eloquently said during the debate. ... Mr Trump has a tenuous relationship with the truth.

What an epic understatment.

The lying' Ted meme was- a lie! It was projection from the biggest liar of all- Trump.

[Mechanicos]

I've been told that if I don't vote for Trump, Hillary wins.
So, if I don't vote for Hillary, Trump wins?
If I vote for neither, do they both win?

You vote however you want. The issue was #neverTrump activism aka searching for and posting articles from far left (democrat) sources to attack the Party Representative for the purpose of preventing his election. Like The ones today from a small handful of virulent #neverTrumpers posting  Trump hit pieces from Soros Talking Point memo, Bloomberg, New York Times, Washington Post, rolling stone, slate etc. At this point in time that conduct is activism for Hillary against the GOP.

[catfish1957]

You vote however you want. The issue was #neverTrump activism aka searching for and posting articles from far left (democrat) sources to attack the Party Representative for the purpose of preventing his election. Like The ones today from a small handful of virulent #neverTrumpers posting  Trump hit pieces from Soros Talking Point memo, Bloomberg, New York Times, Washington Post, rolling stone, slate etc. At this point in time that conduct is activism for Hillary against the GOP.

That sounded more like  FR talking points.    Almost scary.

[austingirl]

I see the Trump supporters are not the least disturbed that lyin' Don is not going to release his tax returns.

[RedHead]

You vote however you want. The issue was #neverTrump activism aka searching for and posting articles from far left (democrat) sources to attack the Party Representative for the purpose of preventing his election. Like The ones today from a small handful of virulent #neverTrumpers posting  Trump hit pieces from Soros Talking Point memo, Bloomberg, New York Times, Washington Post, rolling stone, slate etc. At this point in time that conduct is activism for Hillary against the GOP.

You can call them hit pieces.  You can call them attacks.  You can call them what you want but what you can't call them is lies. 

[mlizzy]

What is he hiding?

@kevindavis

Something big! Something that even the Donald thinks could take down his campaign.

"I could stand in the middle of 5th Avenue and shoot somebody and I wouldn't lose voters." -Donald J. Trump

[Mechanicos]

You can call them hit pieces.  You can call them attacks.  You can call them what you want but what you can't call them is lies.

I can call them Democrat activism against the Party.

[mountaineer]

Hes right, now that Trump has cinched the Nomination Activist #neverTrump is a pro-Hillary Operation.

Wow, how amazingly ridiculous.

[geronl]

You vote however you want. The issue was #neverTrump activism aka searching for and posting articles from far left (democrat) sources to attack the Party Representative for the purpose of preventing his election.

I am not a member of a party, comrade. I'm not going to pretend that Trump is God, or perfect. He is probably the most horrible indecent candidate in history.

[kevindavis007]

@kevindavis

Something big! Something that even the Donald thinks could take down his campaign.

"I could stand in the middle of 5th Avenue and shoot somebody and I wouldn't lose voters." -Donald J. Trump

@mlizzy,


If he has nothing to hide, just release it..

[Mechanicos]

@kevindavis

Something big! Something that even the Donald thinks could take down his campaign.

"I could stand in the middle of 5th Avenue and shoot somebody and I wouldn't lose voters." -Donald J. Trump

That is not a accurate quote. Its preceded by "They say..." Liberals and #neverTrump deceptively leaves off the fact he was citing to what others say about him. Its not his quote.