United States: Trump only paid $ 750 in taxes in the year of his election, according to the "New York Times"

US President Donald Trump addresses the audience gathered for the Republican convention in Charlotte from the White House on August 27, 2020. AP / Evan Vucci

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In the United States, it is a subject that has fueled much speculation for the past four years: Donald Trump's taxes.

In an exclusive investigation, the New York Times reveals shocking information.

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A billionaire businessman, successful companies… For the

New York Times

, the image displayed by Donald Trump would be far from the truth.

The daily says it has had access to the tax returns of the ex-real estate magnate over twenty years and assures that of the hundred companies owned by the president, several are in difficulty.

Each year, Donald Trump is said to have declared more losses than gains.

This is how he would have paid only 750 dollars in 2016 and 750 dollars in 2017. And before his arrival at the White House, he would simply have paid nothing at all for ten years.

The main stakeholder rejects the whole thing: "

I paid a lot, and I paid a lot of income taxes at the state level too!"

New York State taxes a lot!

This is all false information.

The New York Times is just trying to create a story… They are trying everything!

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Since his election, Donald Trump has refused to make his tax returns public, unlike all presidents before him, since 1970. The case has also been at the heart of a legal battle for more than three years.

The

New York Times

assures that it will release further details on the president's finances in the coming days, as Donald Trump debates with his Democratic opponent Joe Biden next Tuesday.

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