First of all, you have no way of knowing whether President Trump paid any taxes. He supposedly has no paid any personal income taxes by using perfectly legal tax deductions and write offs. If that's the case then it makes him smart and nothing else. Did anyone on this forum pay any more in federal taxes than was necessary?

Secondly, the news media is only talking about personal income tax. Because President Trump owns many business and corporations he pays several different types of taxes. The fact that he employs tens of thousands of people he pays payroll taxes and matching SSI and unemployment taxes. But the fact that he is responsible for the employment of tens of thousands of people means that he is indirectly responsible for the taxes that those people pay. He is also responsible for all of the property taxes, sales taxes and other taxes generated by his over 500 businesses.

Claiming that he doesn't pay any taxes is absurd. Trying to link the fact that he "may not" have paid federal income tax at some point to our federal budget is ridiculous. They have nothing to do with one another.

But this won't matter to those who hate simply for the joy of hating. You'll find some other stupid thing to make up but out president.