Donald Trump has created an image for himself. He wishes to be seen as a billionaire businessman who has always been successful, and is respected around the world. Of course, only a small portion of this is true.
We know that he is hiding the truth regarding many of his business dealings and the somewhat ‘shady’ associates who aided him in amassing his fortune. Now he says that he will not release his tax returns until after the election.
“It’s none of your business,” Trump told ABC News on Friday. “You’ll see it when I release.”
Hillary Clinton wasted no time raising questions about what Trump might be hiding.
“So you have got to ask yourself, why does he not release them?” she said in Blackwood, New Jersey, on Wednesday. “Because when you run for president, especially when you become the nominee, that is kind of expected.”
Voters demand transparency from any man or woman who wishes to be the President of the United States. Republicans have incessantly questioned Ms. Clinton’s use of personal e-mails, but these hypocrites are unlikely to question Trump about what his tax returns might reveal.
Reporters and members of the DNC will have a great time delving into Trump’s past. They will look closely at his business practices, his business associates, and his relationship with his first two wives. They may find nothing, and they may find a great deal of corruption in his past. It will likely be somewhere in the middle.
The question is, will Trump explain himself, or will he continue his arrogance and ignore the matter?
One question certain to arise involves allegations from his first wife, Ivana, that he physically attacked and then raped her. In a book titled “The Lost Tycoon: The Many Lives of Donald J. Trump,” Ivana accused him of sexual assault. Previously the issue was revealed in a deposition during their 90’s divorce.
The incident allegedly occurred after Trump returned from Ivana’s plastic surgeon where he had scalp reduction surgery to repair a bald spot. “Your fucking doctor has ruined me!” Trump cried. Then he allegedly began to strike her and pull out clumps of her hair. He unzipped his pants and forced his penis inside of her for the first time in 16 months.
Ivana has since denied the incident ever happened; was money involved?
We have witnessed repeated incidents of anger by Trump and his proclivity towards violence. His rallies are filled with thugs and bullies who disallow dissenters to voice their opinions. If there is even a part of Ivana’s original story which is true, can we allow an ill-tempered and out of control man to have his finger on the nuclear button?
I’m sure that many more questions about Trump’s character and morality will arise. But that does not prevent him from being the Republican Party’s standard-bearer. All those who previously denounced him, now support him in typical GOP hypocritical fashion.
There are literally thousands of reasons why Trump must not live in the White House. Most of them will be revealed in the next six months.
Op-Ed
By James Turnage
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