During the first presidential debate, Donald Trump was pressed on the New York Times story over his tax returns, which showed he paid only $750 in federal income taxes in 2016 and 2017. The president claimed he had paid “millions” in income taxes and said he would release his tax returns soon, which he has been saying since 2015.
Joe Biden said Trump ‘does take advantage of the tax code’ and ‘pays less tax than a schoolteacher.’ Trump shrugged off the criticism, saying that all business leaders do the same ‘unless they are stupid’. The exchange escalated with Biden telling his rival: ‘You are the worst president America has ever had’