This article is from the source 'guardian' and was first published or seen on . It last changed over 40 days ago and won't be checked again for changes.
You can find the current article at its original source at https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2016/aug/24/donald-trump-tax-returns-mississippi-clinton-campaign
The article has changed 20 times. There is an RSS feed of changes available.
| Version 0 | Version 1 |
|---|---|
| Trump's son says it would be 'foolish' to release tax returns – campaign live | Trump's son says it would be 'foolish' to release tax returns – campaign live |
| (about 1 hour later) | |
| 4.18pm BST | |
| 16:18 | |
| Farage to appear with Trump | |
| Anti-EU British politician Nigel Farage is scheduled to appear with Donald Trump at a rally Wednesday, a week after the US presidential candidate branded himself Mr Brexit and tapped one of the leading American supporters of the Brexit to run his campaign. | |
| Farage will appear with Trump to “tell the Brexit story,” Sky News reported. Trump is to appear at an evening rally in Jackson, Mississippi. | |
| The appointment last week of Stephen Bannon, former chairman of the Breitbart web site, as “CEO” of Trump’s campaign has seen the example of the Brexit vote, which Breitbart enthusiastically advocated, rise to the fore in the Trump campaign narrative. | |
| Trump hopes to ride to victory a populist wave of nationalist enthusiasm and identity politics comparable to the movement behind Britain’s June vote to leave the European Union. As leader at the time of the UK Independence party (Ukip), Farage was a key promoter of the Brexit. | |
| In a further parallel with Brexit politics, the Trump campaign has argued in recent days that it enjoys support not reflected in the polls, from undercover voters who are shy about admitting their support for the controversial nominee. | |
| They will soon be calling me MR. BREXIT! | |
| Farage expressed “massive thanks” to Bannon and Breitbart for their favorable coverage of the Leave campaign. | |
| “And can I just say a massive thanks to Breitbart, on both sides of the pond?” Farage told Bannon after the vote. “Because you guys have been fair with me, and given me a chance to make my arguments. I thank you guys very much indeed for that.” | |
| Farage spoke at CPAC last year and made a cameo at the Republican national convention last month. | |
| Updated | |
| at 4.47pm BST | |
| 2.58pm BST | 2.58pm BST |
| 14:58 | 14:58 |
| Hello and welcome to our live-wire coverage of the 2016 race for the White House. Donald Trump son Eric Trump has said it would be “foolish” for the presidential candidate to release his tax returns. It was not clear why the Trump scion thinks that. Trump’s tax returns could hold central truths about who Trump is and how he operates. Trump’s campaign manager in April called on him to release his tax returns. Trump in 2012 called on Mitt Romney to release his tax returns. Every major presidential nominee from either party since 1976 released his tax returns. Hillary Clinton has released hers. Is it foolish for the public to demand that Trump release his tax returns? Or would it be foolish to elect Trump president without putting him through the kind of basic vetting banks perform for the average home loan? | Hello and welcome to our live-wire coverage of the 2016 race for the White House. Donald Trump son Eric Trump has said it would be “foolish” for the presidential candidate to release his tax returns. It was not clear why the Trump scion thinks that. Trump’s tax returns could hold central truths about who Trump is and how he operates. Trump’s campaign manager in April called on him to release his tax returns. Trump in 2012 called on Mitt Romney to release his tax returns. Every major presidential nominee from either party since 1976 released his tax returns. Hillary Clinton has released hers. Is it foolish for the public to demand that Trump release his tax returns? Or would it be foolish to elect Trump president without putting him through the kind of basic vetting banks perform for the average home loan? |
| "It would be foolish to do. I'm a big proponent of not doing it" - @EricTrump, on his father releasing tax returns.on @CNBC now | "It would be foolish to do. I'm a big proponent of not doing it" - @EricTrump, on his father releasing tax returns.on @CNBC now |
| AP has more: | AP has more: |
| Eric Trump, said Wednesday on CNBC not much can be learned from tax returns. He said his father’s returns are massive and “you would have a bunch of people who know nothing about taxes” looking through them and making “assumptions on things they know nothing about.” | Eric Trump, said Wednesday on CNBC not much can be learned from tax returns. He said his father’s returns are massive and “you would have a bunch of people who know nothing about taxes” looking through them and making “assumptions on things they know nothing about.” |
| “Ignorance is disqualifying” – Eric Trump. Speaking of transparency, Clinton campaign manager Robby Mook is on TV again this morning defending his candidate from allegations of impropriety attached to meetings she took as secretary of state. “More than half the people outside the government who met with Hillary Clinton while she was secretary of state gave money — either personally or through companies or groups — to the Clinton Foundation,” the AP has reported. | “Ignorance is disqualifying” – Eric Trump. Speaking of transparency, Clinton campaign manager Robby Mook is on TV again this morning defending his candidate from allegations of impropriety attached to meetings she took as secretary of state. “More than half the people outside the government who met with Hillary Clinton while she was secretary of state gave money — either personally or through companies or groups — to the Clinton Foundation,” the AP has reported. |
| Mook accuses the journalists of “cherry picking” – although when it’s half cherries, you can see how they’d end up picking some. | Mook accuses the journalists of “cherry picking” – although when it’s half cherries, you can see how they’d end up picking some. |
| Clinton Campaign Mgr. Mook blasts AP report: To cherry-pick a very small number of meetings is pretty outrageous https://t.co/SlOyW6GF9a | Clinton Campaign Mgr. Mook blasts AP report: To cherry-pick a very small number of meetings is pretty outrageous https://t.co/SlOyW6GF9a |
| Trump is scheduled today to host a rally in Jackson, Mississippi, an 80% African American city and capital of the state with the nation’s highest proportion of black residents, as AP has it: “It is unclear whether Trump will address black voters directly; so far, his appeal to them has been delivered before white audiences in mostly white cities.” | Trump is scheduled today to host a rally in Jackson, Mississippi, an 80% African American city and capital of the state with the nation’s highest proportion of black residents, as AP has it: “It is unclear whether Trump will address black voters directly; so far, his appeal to them has been delivered before white audiences in mostly white cities.” |
| African American voters have been handling Trump with a mix of skepticism and horror – and that includes Republican voters, AP reports: | African American voters have been handling Trump with a mix of skepticism and horror – and that includes Republican voters, AP reports: |
| “Any minority who would vote for him is crazy, ought to have their head examined,” said Ike Jenkins, an 81-year-old retired business owner in the predominantly black suburb of East Cleveland. | “Any minority who would vote for him is crazy, ought to have their head examined,” said Ike Jenkins, an 81-year-old retired business owner in the predominantly black suburb of East Cleveland. |
| Foluke Bennett, a 43-year-old from Philadelphia, went further, labeling the GOP standard-bearer’s remarks as “racist,” pointing, among other things, to his referencing African-Americans as “the blacks.” | Foluke Bennett, a 43-year-old from Philadelphia, went further, labeling the GOP standard-bearer’s remarks as “racist,” pointing, among other things, to his referencing African-Americans as “the blacks.” |
| But eight percent in this new NBC/Survey Monkey poll is the highest share of the African American vote for Trump we can remember seeing in any survey this cycle: | But eight percent in this new NBC/Survey Monkey poll is the highest share of the African American vote for Trump we can remember seeing in any survey this cycle: |
| Latest poll shows Trump trails Clinton by 79 points among African-American voters #Decision2016 pic.twitter.com/DKgCGyKOVd | Latest poll shows Trump trails Clinton by 79 points among African-American voters #Decision2016 pic.twitter.com/DKgCGyKOVd |
| In case you missed it, Alabama senator Jeff Sessions, an immigration hard-liner, seemed to join Trump last night in the candidate’s dance away from earlier calls for a deportation force for undocumented migrants. At this rate Trump will be calling for a path to citizenship in time for the first debate: | In case you missed it, Alabama senator Jeff Sessions, an immigration hard-liner, seemed to join Trump last night in the candidate’s dance away from earlier calls for a deportation force for undocumented migrants. At this rate Trump will be calling for a path to citizenship in time for the first debate: |
| Sessions was asked about Trump's "softening" immigration stance comments in his press pen gaggle. c/o @SopanDeb pic.twitter.com/jdOnxU4s9f | Sessions was asked about Trump's "softening" immigration stance comments in his press pen gaggle. c/o @SopanDeb pic.twitter.com/jdOnxU4s9f |
| Thanks for reading and please join us in the comments. | Thanks for reading and please join us in the comments. |