Donald Trump is touchy, touchy, touchy about his net worth—and not going to show his taxes
Like most bullies, Donald Trump loves to dish out the hate—and the little, loony, crooked, lying nicknames. He’s also pretty keen on the sarcasm when it comes to inviting another nation to mangle our election or calling President Obama the “founder of ISIS.” Also, like most bullies, Trump can’t take even the slightest sign of slight pointed in his direction without boiling into furious response.
But there’s one spot on Trump’s orange hide that’s so amazingly sensitive, even not touching it can elicit yelps. As in this interview between Trump and the business team at the Washington Post.
Robert O’Harrow: I’m going to put it to you directly. You are not transparent on your finances. How do you account for that? What do you expect people to do about your lack of transparency?
Donald Trump: What are you — ? So you think I’m worth $3 billion or $4 billion? You don’t think I’m worth $10 billion.
Hang on there, Donny. O’Harrow probably just meant that you wouldn’t show your taxes or your financial statements which could mean you’re hiding any number of things. Like Russian connections. Or paying no taxes. Or, yeah, that you’re worth less than a bucket of warm spit.
But it’s fun that Trump went right to that spot.
The whole conversation—which quickly turns to wrestling with why Trump won’t release his taxes—is worth reading through, because it’s just wonderfully bizarre, and absolutely Trumpian in its twists, turns, and head-scratching self-referential density.
Like the part about how Donald Trump did his father a favor … by borrowing $10 million from him.