Twitter discusses #TrumpsTaxReturns

On March 15, Many Twitter users described MSNBC host Rachel Maddow’s report on Donald Trump‘s 2005 tax return as “NothingBurger”. In a Tuesday night segment she hyped up on Twitter, Maddow revealed the contents of two pages from Trump’s tax return for 2005. The return showed that Trump paid 24 per cent in tax on income of $150 million for the 2005 tax year.

According to David Cay Johnston, the investigative journalist who obtained the return to start with, that’s about the same amount that a married couple with two incomes totalling around $400,000 might have paid.

Reactions varied on social media — but many expressed disappointment with a segment.

@DonaldJTrumpJr: “Thank you Rachel Maddow for proving to your #Trump hating followers how successful @realDonaldTrump is & that he paid $40mm in taxes! #Taxes”

@Pamela_Moore13: “Rachel Maddow is the personification of the entire democratic party today...

@nia4_trump: “#TrumpTaxReturn shows he paid $38M on $150M. #TrumpsTaxes on Rachael Maddox were stamped “Client Copy” ߑ? Libs nationwide have lost all hope.”

Cecil Choate: “The Wall Street Journal reported on the 2005 #TrumpTaxReturns a year ago! Haha. Rachel Maddow’s exclusive is only a year late.”

@mmpadellan: “Trump spent a LOT of time hollering about Obama’s “long-form” Birth Certificate. Where is the FULL #TrumpTaxReturn? #TrumpTaxes”

Loraine Squared: “While everyone is looking at #TrumpTaxReturns no one is paying attention to his 400% increase in drone strikes. ‘During President Obama’s two terms in office, he approved 542 such targeted strikes in 2,920 days - one every 5.4 days,’ Zenko wrote on the Council of Foreign Relations’ website. ‘From his inauguration through [Mar. 6], President Trump has approved at least 36 drone strikes or raids in 45 days - one every 1.25 days’.”

Mike Anderson: “I’m torn. Like any good snowflake I love Rachel Maddow like I love fancy coffee and ethnically diverse movies. On the other hand, it feels like she told us there was cake in the break room and it turned out to a be a paleo ‘cake’ of black beans and avocado. If Trump’s 2005 tax return magically ‘just happened’ to surface and isn’t that shady, that clearly means all his other 40-50 years of tax returns aren’t criminal either, which I’m sure is why he’ll be releasing them all ASAP. He obviously has nothing to hide, despite spending the last year hiding them. And remember: If it was true in 2005, it’s still true. That’s why The Killers’ Mr. Brightside is the number one song in America, Everybody Hates Chris is still on the air, and Bill Cosby is a beloved American father figure. #2005 #trumptaxreturns”