Thursday, May 23, 2019

The President Has No Secrets



For three years, Donald J. Trump has treated the details of his personal and business finances as a closely guarded secret.
On Wednesday, those secrets moved two steps closer to becoming public.
A federal judge in Manhattan ruled against a request from President Trump to block his longtime lender, Deutsche Bank, from complying with congressional subpoenas seeking his detailed financial records. In Albany, New York lawmakers approved a bill that would allow Congress to obtain Mr. Trump’s state tax returns.    NYT

Transparency is not a thing
that presidents are apt to fling
into the public forum, since
to tell the truth doth make them wince.

Especially a tax return
gives office holders great heartburn.
The twists and turns of what they file
would make the very Devil smile.

I think since all this trouble started
over documents uncharted
those who want this stuff revealed
should have their own returns so peeled.

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