IT’S BEEN A REFERENDUM OF HIS
HANDLING OF THE PANDEMIC AND
AMERICANS HAVE SOURED ON HOW HE
DID IT.
>> IT’S FUNNY BECAUSE AS THE
PRESIDENT AN CONGRESSIONAL
REPUBLICANS TRY TO PAINT JOE
BIDEN AS SOFT ON CHINA,
INFLUENCED, THEY SAY, BY HIS SON
HUNTER’S ALLEGED FINALNCIAL
CONNECTIONS TO THE COUNTRY, THE
LATEST INSTALLMENT ON THE
PRESIDENT’S TAXES SAYS THE
PRESIDENT HAS HIS OWN FINANCIAL
TIES TO THE CHINESE STATE.
A REPUBLICAN SENATE REPORT ON
HUNTER BIDEN NOTES AMONG ITS
EVIDENCE OF QUESTIONABLE FOREIGN
CONNECTIONS THAT HE, QUOTE,
OPENED A BANK ACCOUNT WITH A
CHINESE BUSINESSMAN.
BUT THE TIMES REPORTS THAT
CHINA, ALONG WITH BRITAIN AND
IRELAND IS A NATION WHERE THE
PRESIDENT IS LINKED TO A BANK
ACCOUNT.
THE TIMES REPORTS THAT MR. TRUMP
SPENT A DECADE UNSUCCESSFULLY
PURSUING PROJECTS IN CHINA,
OPERATING AN OFFICE THERE DURING HIS FIRST RUN FOR PRESIDENT, AND
HIS FIRST RUN FOR PRESIDENT, AND
FORGING A PARTNERSHIP WAY MAJORI
MAJOR GOVERNMENT-CONTROLLED
COMPANY.
THEY DO NOT SHOW UP ON MR.
TRUMP’S FINANCIAL DISCLOSURES HE
MUST LIST FINANCIAL ASSETS
BECAUSE THEY ARE HELD UNDER
CORPORATE NAMES.
ACCORDING TO THE TIMES, TRUMP
INTERNATIONAL HOTELS MANAGEMENT
IS THE TRUMP COMPANY WITH THE
CHINESE BANK ACCOUNT AND WHICH
THE TAX RECORDS SHOW PAID MORE
THAN $188,000 IN TAXES IN CHINA
WHILE PURSUING LICENSING DEALS
THERE FROM 2013 TO 2015.
IN RESPONSE TO QUESTIONS FROM
THE TIMES, TRUMP ORGANIZATION
ATTORNEY ALLANAN GARDEN SAID THE
COMPANY OPENED AN ACCOUNT WITH
CHINA HAVING OFFICES IN THE
UNITED STATES IN ORDER TO PAY
THE LOCAL TAXES ASSOCIATED WITH
EFFORTS DO BUSINESS THERE.
NO DEALS, TRANSACTIONS, OR OTHER
BUSINESS ACTIVITIES EVER
MATERIALIZED AND SINCE 2015 THE
OFFICE HAS REMAINED INACTIVE.
THOUGH THE BANK ACCOUNT REMAINS
OPEN, IT HAS NEVER BEEN USED FOR
ANY OTHER PURPOSE.
>> PETER, WE GO BACK TO JOHN
HEILEMANN TALKING ABOUT
EVERYTHING THAT DONALD TRUMP
SAYS IS EITHER PROJECTION OR
CONFESSION.
OF COURSE, YOU LOOK AT THOSE
LICENSING DEALS, YOU LOOK AT
DONALD TRUMP SUGGESTING THAT JOE
BIDEN’S CHILDREN PROFITED FROM A
RELATIONSHIP WITH CHINA’
WHETHER, OF COURSE, WE HEARD
STORIES OF HIS OWN CHILDREN OF
IVANKA GETTING LICENSING DEALS
IN CHINA DURING PIVOTAL MOMENTS
IN THE TRUMP/XI RELATIONSHIP.
AND OF COURSE THERE’S JUST A
LONG, LONG LIST OF DONALD TRUMP
EVEN IN 2020, LIST OF QUOTES OF
DONALD TRUMP PRAISING PRESIDENT
XI.
THAT RELATIONSHIP FAR CLOSER
THAN THE PRESIDENT WANTS TO
ADMIT RIGHT NOW.
>> WELL, I THINK THIS IS ONE
REASON, OF COURSE, WHY IT’S BEEN
SO IMPORTANT TO GET A HOLD OF
THE PRESIDENT’S TAX RETURNS,
RIGHT?
TO HAVE A COMPLETELY OPEN BOOK
ON A PRESIDENT WHO HAS SO MANY
FINANCIAL INTERESTS, NOT JUST IN
THIS COUNTRY, BUT OVERSEAS.
IN ORDER TO UNDERSTAND WHAT KIND
OF, YOU KNOW, FACTORS AND
DYNAMICS INFLUENCE A PRESIDENT
IN HIS DECISION-MAKING ON
POLICY.
THE PRESIDENT HAS GONE SO FAR AS
THE SUPREME COURT TO TRY TO HIDE
THESE TAX RECORDS.
THESE TAX RECORDS INDICATE THAT
THERE’S A LOT OF THINGS THAT YOU
WOULD THINK THAT THE AMERICAN
PUBLIC MIGHT WANT TO KNOW ABOUT.
AMONG OTHER THINGS, FOR
INSTANCE, IT SHOWS THAT HE HAS
400 SOME MILLION DOLLARS IN
DEBT, MUCH UH WHICH ISOF WHICH W
DUE IN HE WINS A SECOND TERM.
AT LEAST A LOT OF THAT WOULD BE
HELD BY A FOREIGN BANK.
WE DON’T KNOW FOR SURE.
I THINK DEUTSCH BANK IS BELIEVED
TO BE THE HOLDER OF A LOT OF
THAT DEBT.
THESE ARE ISSUES YOU CAN IMAGINE
THAT ARE RELEVANT TO A PRESIDENT
AND THE CONDUCT OF FOREIGN
POLICY AND WHY THESE TAX
RETURNS, YOU KNOW, OUGHT TO HAVE
BEEN RELEASED YEARS AGO.
AND IT ONLY CAME OUT BECAUSE MY
COLLEAGUES SPENT YEARS LITERALLY
TRYING TO DIG AROUND UNTIL THEY
COULD FINALLY GET AHOLD OF
RECORDS LIKE THESE.
I THINK THIS IS, YOU KNOW, THIS