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USA TODAY NETWORK review finds Donald Trump has ripe history of tax disputes, dating back to the 1980s
Republican frontrunner Donald Trump and his companies have been the subject of tax disputes almost every year from the 1980s until as recently as March, according to a USA TODAY NETWORK review of court cases, property records, and other documents across the country. Trump, who says his personal taxes records are "None of your business" and has resisted calls to release his tax returns, has a record of fighting to reduce his tax bills from local and state governments or failing to pay. Ref. USAToday.
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Associated Press says Trump has hit magic number of delegates to clinch GOP nomination
The AP reports that enough unbound delegates have pledged their support to Trump that he has secured the 1,237 delegates needed to clinch the nomination. The New York real estate mogul was already deemed the presumptive Republican presidential nominee earlier this month after his remaining rivals bowed out of the GOP race. Ref. USAToday.
Trump's 3,500 lawsuits unprecedented for a presidential nominee
An exclusive USA TODAY analysis of legal filings across the United States finds that Donald Trump and his businesses have been involved in at least 3,500 legal actions in federal and state courts during the past three decades. They range from skirmishes with casino patrons to million-dollar real estate suits to personal defamation lawsuits. No presidential candidate of a major party has had anything approaching the number of Trump's courtroom entanglements - a record that provides clues about his leadership in the White House. Ref. USAToday.
No one believed what would happen with Trump. We are in a critical point with the current economic crisis and people are angry. And when they are angry they tend to be easier to manipulate or do mistakes. Trumps knows his game, he is barking all the time, but I believe when the time comes he will not bite. But this barking makes him good, because he gets attention, and people hear his name everywhere these days. And if he manages to get elected, he will sure "Fix" all these legal descrepansies with ease.
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I think his "Bark" as you describe it is just for show. He wants to check off being president as one of the final goals of his life. I just can't see him and his wife in the oval office without having some kind of red cloud over us.
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