Paul Begala CRACKS UP Even Jeffrey Lord and the Entire CNN Panel. Trump WARNS Special investigator Robert Mueller to NOT look into his finances as part of the investigation into collusion with Russia. Paul Begala mocks Trump and Hilariously points out that Trump is now prompting the special investigator to “Follow the Money” with that statement.
A Tangerine Wig and a Tightrope Walk: Alec Baldwin as Donald J. Trump
The key to a convincing Mr. Trump, the actor said, are “puffs” — his word for the pregnant pauses in the president-elect’s speech. “I see a guy who seems to pause and dig for the more precise and better language he wants to use, and never finds it,” Mr. Baldwin said
@realDonaldTrump Release your tax returns and I’ll stop. Ha.. His Trump is as much censure as impersonation. He does not write the sketches. He is paid $1,400 for each appearance on the show, he said.
“I’m not interested much by what’s inside him,” he said, but in how he moves and takes up space. Mr. Baldwin then amplifies the gestures, and distills them. An emphatic wave becomes a goofy “wax-on, wax-off” movement, he said, the simple hand motion reducing a candidate to an essence: pitchman.
.. “But I think that now that he is the president, we have an obligation — as we would if it was him or her — to dial it up as much as we can.”
.. It has been suggested that Mr. Baldwin, 58, is uniquely able to portray Mr. Trump — and to rankle him — because of their similarities. In 2011, Mr. Baldwin mulled running for mayor of New York City. They can both appear thin-skinned. Antagonized by paparazzi and feeling harassed by what he says are false accusations that he uttered slurs, Mr. Baldwin has at times publicly denounced the media. On Twitter, he can be pugilistic, notably with Mr. Trump and with his brother Stephen Baldwin, over their divergent political views.
.. He riffed on Mr. Trump’s irascibility and his pronunciation of “China.”
.. Mr. Trump’s win caught the show off guard, Mr. Baldwin said, countering expectations on the show’s set of four years of Ms. McKinnon playing her mildly maniacal Ms. Clinton as president.
All the excuses Trump has given for why he won’t release his tax returns
Trump’s excuses are listed below, along with reasons to question them.
How Rich Do You Have to Be to Not Pay Taxes?
Stephen Cohen, a law professor at Georgetown University, says Trump could have declared losses from money he borrowed, as part of a provision in the tax code that favors real-estate developers. Normally, if someone borrows money that they can’t pay back, the lender will sometimes forgive the debt (in whole or in part), but that debt is generally considered taxable income. There are a few exemptions, Cohen says, and the tax code states that someone doesn’t have to pay taxes on forgiven-debt income if it’s related to certain types of real-estate deals. “Let’s say he borrowed $900 million for the Trump casino and it becomes virtually worthless. He could deduct the entire $1-billion-dollar loss, even though he only invested $100 million [of his own money].”