that was former president donald trump’s reaction to his tax returns being made public the democraticcontrolled us house ways and means committee released six years of trump’s tax returns on friday after several years of legal wrangling with republicans opposed to the publication in an effort to provide transparency and help improve tax laws experts will be looking closely at large business losses reported by trump that significantly reduced his tax liability read more what could be learned from trump’s tax returns and trump paid 0 taxes in 2020 he’s not alone in his statement following the release trump countered that america’s partisan divide “will now grow far worse” “the radical left democrats have weaponized everything but remember that is a dangerous twoway street” he added what’s more the real estate mogul and former reality tv star turned commanderinchief suggested the returns will demonstrate his business savvy trump and his wife melania paid 0 in income taxes for 2020 according to a previous report released by the congressional joint committee on taxation “the ‘trump’ tax returns once again show how proudly successful i have been” he continued “and how i have been able to use depreciation and various other tax deductions as an incentive for creating thousands of jobs and magnificent structures and enterprises”