Donald Trump, The New York Times: “The President has a checking account in China and has paid more than $ 188,000 in taxes there in three years”

New episode of the investigation of New York Times in the tax returns of Donald trump. The president of the United States, reveals the newspaper, has a bank account in China and in that country, between 2013 and 2015, it paid $ 188,561 in taxes. The invoice, reviewed by Trump International hotel management, according to a Trump spokesman, it opened to “explore the potential of hotel deals in Asia.” A shameful revelation, which comes two weeks before the presidential elections and, above all, after the criticism directed by the tycoon in his years in the White House to the American companies that operate in China and the accusations of conformity against Beijing launched against the democratic rival. Joe biden, as well as those directed at Biden’s son, Hunter, for his alleged business with China.

The New York Times discovered the existence of the Chinese bank account after obtaining Trump’s tax returns, which contained details of both his personal and business activities. In previous articles, the newspaper revealed that Trump had paid only $ 750 in federal taxes between 2016 and 2017. It appears that $ 188,561 in local taxes was paid through the Chinese bank account. Alan Garten, one of the lawyers for the Trump Organization, told the NYT that Trump International Hotels Management had “opened an account in a Chinese bank that has offices in the United States to be able to pay local taxes. No business, transactions or other activities have ever materialized and, since 2015, the office has been inactive ”. Garten further insisted that, “although the account remains open, has never been used for any other purpose“.