NYT’s Craig on Trump’s Taxes: ‘He Was the Best at Losing Money’ in the 1980s

EXCERPT:

CAMEROTA: “There are a couple of dubious things in here. The fact that he didn’t pay any federal income tax and the fact that you said there was this mysterious spike of $52.9 million in one year, 1989, does any of what you saw point to fraud?”
CRAIG: “In these, no. We have questions around that one, the $52 million that he had an interest income. And for me, we don’t know where that came from, and that number really to me says we need to see when we get tax information, not just the front pages of the tax return, but all of the schedules. That goes to stuff that we have now, but also the modern stuff. Where is Donald Trump getting his money? It’s the core question and that number just highlights that we need to understand that.”
CAMEROTA: “The fact that he didn’t pay any taxes, it sounds like what he’s saying in the tweet at least, that that is sort of a badge of honor for him.”
CRAIG: “I guess maybe it is for him, but he didn’t pay income tax in eight of the ten years. A large part of it is because he lost so much money.”
CAMEROTA: “Yeah. I mean, it’s funny because he likes to do things ‘bigly,’ and so he certainly lost bigly during that decade.”
CRAIG: “He was the best at losing money in that decade.”