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You don't need to be overly cynical to question this. He did write a New York Times editorial about the three billion dollars he has donated to one university.

It makes his perpetual low tax burden unquestionable when he releases his returns :)

Its a non-zero sum game, why worry about such binary events of completely charitable or not.

" It makes his perpetual low tax burden unquestionable when he releases his returns :)"

Trump has set the precedent that this is not necessary anymore.

I’m happy about that and I hope others follow suit.

Now for the political science: If you want to win brownie points with both the wage slaves and the “orange man bad” crowd that would be elated to see everything the opposite of Trump, you can jubilantly release your tax returns if they look good or relatable.

was about to same the exact same thing. however, as long as this helps, in the broader sense, i hope he buys all the popularity he can get :)