Trump’s tax revelation could tarnish image that fuelled his rise DMT.NEWS

The bombshell revelation that US President Donald Trump paid just 750 dollars (£578) in federal income tax the year he ran for office threatens to undercut a pillar of his appeal among blue-collar voters. It could also provide a new opening for his Democratic rival, Joe Biden, on the eve of the first presidential debate. Mr Trump has worked for decades to build an image of himself as a hugely successful businessman, even choosing “mogul” as his Secret Service code name. But The New York Times on Sunday revealed that he paid just 750 dollars in federal income taxes in 2016, the year he won the presidency, and in 2017, his first year in office. He paid no income taxes whatsoever in 10 of the...

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by , Khareem Sudlow