Oh, I agree with you. I think this is exactly the spin you have enumerated, aimed at de-fanging the congressional committees that are meeting later this week to look into the Russian oligarchy ties.

I know. Where is V for Vendetta when you need a comic book tragic hero?

The thing it brings up is something I think Mr. Johnston said: Other people may have his returns as well. I know that by the mid-to-late 2000's, no one in the US would lend him money, but here must have been other business deals he was involved in that would have required him to produce some tax returns. I’m…

Oh, very nice! I smiled a big, big smile!

Seconded. It’s all designed to spin us around until we can’t think straight.

God, yes. Johnston was so smart in that interview to have brought this up immediately.

A thousand times yes to this, especially the part about the year they were related to. In 2005, Cheeto Voldemort would just have been coming off his 18-year tax deduction from double-declaring that 900 million dollar loss. He was probably on his best behavior with the IRS, since he hadn’t paid them in many years, and…

My paranoia says that it’s because it wouldn’t have looked like such a juicy red herring if they didn’t try to downplay it.

I’m feeling like it’s a red herring — Trump’s people floated this out in anticipation of the beginning of the Russia ties investigation later this week, and they cherry-picked to find a year where Trump actually declared stuff and actually paid taxes on it.

I promise that you don’t. I know some rich people, and they rarely do anything useful or fun with their money.

God, yes.

So, have any of the other artists DONE anything? Or the concert promoters, other than issue a statement? Or the patrons?

My heart bleeds. And your language is out of line. He acts like Hitler; he looks like a Cheeto. Ergo: Cheeto Hitler Please don’t try to police my language — you are unqualified to do that, Mr. I Can’t Type One Paragraph Without Using Two Swear Words. Geez.

Tee-hee! It’s the new IRS! :(

True ‘dat!

Including the buns?

I’m still making my way through this, but I call red herring!

It will be fun to see Baldwin pummel him into meatloaf. I will enjoy that very much!

Oh, sorry! Got that wrong, for sure!

I don’t know what this is, but that man’s buns are mesmerizing.