# Wouldn't Trumps past returns provide the info?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [August 9, 2016, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wouldnt-trumps-past-returns-provide-the-info/762261 "2016-08-09T17:37:57Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 10, 2016, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wouldnt-trumps-past-returns-provide-the-info/762261/21 "2016-08-10T15:28:57Z")

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> [@Corry\_El](#):
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> Why would Trump care about something like that if there’s nothing really sinister, just some more IRS hassle and maybe a relatively small amount of extra tax? That’s Trump, same guy who is careful to steer campaign spending on events to his own related companies when possible to recover a few bucks no matter how tacky that looks, when he’s probably worth a few $bil (if not the $10bil+ he claims).

You are talking about the guy who says his name is worth $3 billion without backing it up. The reason why he cares is because his entire business model is built on the Trump brand of wealth and excess. If that is just an illusion it all falls apart which is why he wouldn’t even have anyone joke about it.

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